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During a solar eclipse, are we seeing the dark side of the moon?

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Posted - August 4, 2017
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  • 46117
    Uhhh YEAH.  What do you think we are seeing?????

      August 4, 2017 6:11 PM MDT
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  • 2500
    Yeah, but only if Pink Floyd is around somewhere.

    Oh,wait . . . that's "hearing" Dark Side of the Moon, not "seeing" it. . . never mind . . .  This post was edited by Salt and Red Pepper at August 5, 2017 8:21 AM MDT
      August 4, 2017 6:41 PM MDT
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  • 13071
    No, the dark side of the moon is never facing the earth, it always points away from us. Its fixed.
      August 4, 2017 8:48 PM MDT
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  • Correct. And thankfully we see the more interesting side of the moon. The other side looks positively boring. 
      August 5, 2017 10:10 AM MDT
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  • 13071
    Hi Nevan B. Nice to see you, unlike the dark side of the moon. lol ;D
      August 5, 2017 10:45 AM MDT
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  • 5354
    A: It is dark, so we cannot see it.

    B: we are looking towards the same side of the moon as we always do. The phrase 'Dark side of the moon' usually means the side that is always turned away from the earth so we cannot see it in any case.
      August 4, 2017 9:15 PM MDT
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  • 3719
    The "side" of the Moon we see is "fixed" only because the Moon's own rotation matches the time of its orbit around the Earth, and as others have said, the half we see is always that even when the Moon is eclipsing the Sun. 
      August 6, 2017 6:18 PM MDT
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