The dark side of the Moon is the side facing Earth, the side we always see.
The near side is as dark as asphalt pavement, except during the near-full moon when crystalline back scatter boosts reflection. Amateur astronomers can measure the Moon's albedo during various phases and see the difference on instruments. However, the human eye tends to ignore absolute brightness and notice contrast.
Much of this low albedo is due to the widespread basaltic lava out-flow that filled the lower elevations on the near side. Part is due to the nature of collision scattering that has spread tiny fragments of the lava onto brighter, higher areas of the near side.
The far side of the moon has a much thicker crust and, in spite of the more intense meteoric bombardment, has retained the brighter color of that crust.
Historically, the word "dark" was, among other meanings, a synonym of "unknown". Perhaps you have heard the puzzling phrase "darkest Africa", which just says that the (European) speaker and listener knew nothing about that part of the African continent. In that sense, the far side of the moon was historically described that way.
I believe that most readers can understand that the the far side of the Moon has a day/night cycle, just like the near side obviously has, and the Earth has. Therefore, few people spoke of the far side as in perpetual night, but in the old sense, as unknown.
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The dark side of the moon refers to the side of the moon that is not visible from Earth due to synchronous rotation, not because it is always dark. Both sides of the moon receive sunlight, but we only see one side from Earth.
Yes, the other side of the moon is not always dark. It experiences day and night just like the side of the moon facing Earth. The term "dark side of the moon" refers to the side that is not visible from Earth, not to the side that is always in darkness.
The moon is spherical and is lit by the sun. Only the side facing the sun can be lit by the sun. The other side is dark. If you were to stand on the moon you would find that the light side of the moon is experiencing day while the dark side is experiencing night.
both On the dark side water freezes and on the light side it would boil off.
There is no life anywhere on the moon - light or dark side.
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Nothing. There is no life on the moon, dark side or light side.
There is no dark side, the moon is similar in colours all over its surface.
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The dark side of the moon refers to the side of the moon that is not visible from Earth due to synchronous rotation, not because it is always dark. Both sides of the moon receive sunlight, but we only see one side from Earth.
This is an uneducated way of referring to the far side of the moon. But the far side isn't always dark.