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At night under a "full Earth" the near side of the Moon receives on the order of 10 lux of illumination (about what a city sidewalk under streetlights gets; this is 34 times more light than is received on Earth under a full Moon) whereas the far side of the Moon during the lunar night receives only about 0.001 lux of starlight. [12]
The night side of the moon, illuminated by earthshine, becomes visible next to the narrow crescent (11 percent, age of the moon = 3.3 days) with ash-grey moonlight. Image taken 20° over the western evening sky shortly after the equinox in spring with a particularly steep ecliptic as seen from Berlin.
The near side of the Moon is the lunar hemisphere that always faces towards Earth, opposite to the far side. Only one side of the Moon is visible from Earth because the Moon rotates on its axis at the same rate that the Moon orbits the Earth—a situation known as tidal locking. The Moon is directly illuminated by the Sun, and the cyclically ...
The side of the Moon facing away from Earth is called the far side of the Moon, and the side facing Earth is called the near side of the Moon. During lunar night on the near side, Earth is 50 times brighter than a full moon. [27] Because the Moon has no atmosphere, there is an abrupt transition from day to night without twilight. [28] Sunset on ...
This week, explore the mysterious far side of the moon, see the reconstructed face of a Neanderthal woman, decipher the story of Plato’s final night, and more.
NASA recently released this incredible photo that captured the "dark side of the moon" -- and it seems people have a lot to say about it.The image was taken during DSCOVR satellite voyage, which ...
The lunar terminator is the division between the illuminated and dark hemispheres of the Moon. [6] It is the lunar equivalent of the division between night and day on the Earth spheroid, although the Moon's much lower rate of rotation [7] means it takes longer for it to pass across the surface. At the equator, it moves at 15.4 kilometres per ...
The moon’s far side is pockmarked by craters and has fewer of the near side’s flat, dark plains carved by lava flows. Why the two halves are so different remains a mystery, said study co ...