how can I see the dark side of the moon?
108945
You see the darkside during a fullmoon since what you see was the darkside two weeks earlier. I guess you mean the far side. That is a little harder but the Apollo program generated alot of pictures of the farside. Also numerous spaceprobes has mapped the entire surface of the moon. Should be plenty of pictures just on NASAs moon site.
345859
This is one of the strangest questions I have come across along with.... Where does the moon go at night?
1029646
I am not from NASA, but consider your statement "...full in daylight facing the Sun".  Well it is, but you are not seeing the Moon from a position that is between the Moon and the Sun.  Earth's  position is at an offset angle that allows us to (slightly) look around, to the dark side of the Moon.  However, we would be fully facing the Moon and Sun when we are between them - a condition of lunar eclipse - all darkness\n   Some day, in your space capsule and are positioned between the Moon and the Sun, you will not see the "dark side as an inner curve".  However, since you "officially CLAIM and DECLARE..", I will have to examine my own reasoning.
629822
Some people incorrectly call the far side of the Moon the dark side of the Moon. The far side is never visible from Earth and the near side is always visible from Earth. But the far side not always dark, just like the near side is not always light.
477628
the moon because you can look at it without being blinded
1087183
The moon has a side that always faces us! That's not always filled with light though. That's why we have phases of the moon.
195178
we dont see moonlight, the astronauts didnt see earthlight. what we and the astronauts saw was actually sunlight reflecting off of each (moon and earth). the moon gives off no light and all the lights on the earth would not make a very bright light if you were staring at the planet from the moon's surface.
682284
yes u can see them .go far awy from city where there is vry less artificial light source n enjoy this event at dark night .u can see them moving as though a star is moving . satellite don't flicker.\n\nor see tht in film the octubar sky.
560103
yes, we see the dark side of the moon every new moon.  the dark side of the moon is just the night side, the side on which the sun is not shinning.  the far side of the moon is the side which is permanently turned away from us because the moon spins with about the same period as it orbits the earth, but the moons orbital speed does change a little because its orbit is not a circle but an ellipse.  the moon orbits faster when it is closer and slower when it is farther away.  this means we get to peek at a little of the far side every month.
604451
The full moon is visible as full anywhere\non earth where it is above the horizon...\nobviously if it is far in the southern\nhemisphere and you are far north, like\nin northern Finland, you may not see the\nfull moon at all... (but if you could it\nwould still appear full)
181278
for the same reason you can't see the edge of the earth, the moon, or the sun
90954
The moon is there, don't worry. Sometimes, yeah, you can see the people on the moon. Squint properly.
499567
no it's not cos of the earth's shadow on the moon. its cos of the position of the sun and the angle at which the sun's rays hit the moon. the moon moves around the earth. if it moves further from the sun, less light will be reflected and you see a half-moon or quarter-moon.\n\nas u know, the light hte moon 'projects' is actually the reflection of light. the moon isnt a source of light. \n\nwhen the sun is directly behind the moon, and it shines on the 'back' of the moon, this causes an eclipse cos ppl on earth can only see a dark circle (the moon - as it does not reflect light in this case) and a whitish circle around the moon (the sun's rays)\n\nhope this helps!! :D
253008
From space or the moon? From space you can see the great wall of china and Vegas lights,but from the moon it is not possible with the naked eye.......
8454
Light from the moon passing through Ice crystals in Earth's upper atmosphere.\n\nI have included links to a couple of web pages that include photos and explanations.
837745
You know that when it's daytime for you, someone on the other side of Earth is experiencing night time - the Sun lights up half of the earth at any given time.  The same is true for the Moon - it is always half lit up by the Sun and half dark.  But we don't always see the lit up side.  Sometimes we do, like tonight (a Full Moon).  But other times we "see" the dark half (a New Moon) (you can't really see the dark half because it's dark!), and sometimes we see a little bit of both (First Quarter Moon, for example).  \n\nWe see different parts of the lit up side and the dark side because the Moon orbits Earth about once every month.  Right now, if you were to see the Sun, Earth, and Moon from high above Earth's north pole, the three would be almost lined up: Sun, then Earth, then Moon.  If they were *perfectly* lined up then there would be a lunar eclipse, but that only happens a couple times a year, if that.  Next week, as the Moon goes around Earth, the Sun, Earth, and Moon will make a right angle and not a straight line.  That's when we see a Third Quarter Moon - only the left half of the Moon will be visible as seen from Earth.  Another week and the Moon will be almost between the Sun and Earth, so the dark side of the Moon will be facing Earth - what we call New Moon.  (If the Moon came exactly between the Sun and Earth we would have a solar eclipse, but just like lunar eclipses they are very rare).\n\nThere is a huge difference between a lunar eclipse and a new moon - apparently several of the people who answered above me don't know that!
227752
to make it visible in the dark sky at night( white is the most contrasting colour to black syk)