How do we only see one side of the moon?
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It turns one revolution for every orbit it makes.  This happens because of tidal locking.  Basically that means the part of the moon closest to the earth gets pulled slightly more then the further side.  This means a slight bulge forms on the moon facing earth.  This side has more mass then other part of the moon thus is "heavier."  The earth's gravity then pulls on the buldge more then the rest of the moon making the moon slowly slow down or speed up in its rotation until the bulge always points towards the earth, thus one side always faces us.
1038744
The moon is only visible because the Sun light reflects off of it. Even if the Sun is in the sky at the  same time, we will see it. The Moon circles the Earth every 28 days. While the Earth rotates once every 24 hours. The result is that the Moon seems to change position in the sky by 1/28 of a full rotation every day. During that cycle, the Sun and Moon will be in the daytime sky at least half the time. Sometimes we don't notice the Moon because it is only a small wedge or the clouds hide it. \nBy the way, Venus is also visible during daylight hours during some of it's rotation,  but it is a very tiny  pinpoint of light and is very hard to locate even if it is bright.
544347
You always see the same face, you can`t see the dark side.\n\nBut you can see the moon different ways up depending on where in the world you are...\n\ne.g. I live in the uk and am used to seeing moon a certain way up. When I travelled to Singapore the moon seemed to be on it`s side. When I went to Australia, the moon looked completely upside down.\n\nBut it was the same face.
862014
Since only one side of the moon is always facing the Sun, there would not be observed short-term positional change of the Sun at any fixed location. Hence a single time can be observed for the whole moon. This would have to be based on a reference point of time w.r.t. Earth.\n\nThe time on the space station is observed as GMT (Greenwich Mean time).
727284
Nothing.  You can see no man-made structures from the Moon.  You can't see the great wall of china; it's a myth.
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You can even see the Moon in the daytime because it is big and brightly lit by the Sun. The surface of the Moon is about as reflective as an asphalt road--rather dark but not totally black. When you look at the Moon, you are seeing the light which reflects off it. This is not nearly as bright as the Sun, but it is up to 100,000 times as bright as the brightest nighttime star. \nDuring the day, the brightness of the sky washes out the light from the stars: a region of the sky including a bright star is only very slightly brighter than a region of the sky without a bright star, so your eye cannot notice the difference. However, the region of the sky containing the Moon is much brighter, so you can see it. You can also sometimes see Venus during the day if the conditions are right and you know exactly where to look, but anything dimmer is lost. \n\nIt might be useful to think of the sun as a large light bulb, and the moon as a large mirror. There are situations where we can't see the light bulb, but we can see the light from the bulb reflected in the mirror. This is the situation when the moon is out at night. We can't see the sun directly because the earth is blocking our view of it, but we can see its light reflected from the moon. However, there are also situations where we can see both the light bulb and the mirror, and this is what is happening when we see the moon during the day. You can explore this for yourself with a light and a hand mirror. Depending on which way you face (away from the light or sideways to the light) you can see either just the mirror, or both the light and the mirror. \n\nI hope this helps!
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the moon because you can look at it without being blinded
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The Moon's apparent size is an illusion based on its apparent proximity to other objects (stars, mountains, trees, buildings).  The Moon alone in the "middle of the sky" can seem quite small, but a few foreground objects of the correct relative proportion will impart the illusion.\n\nTo "correct" the illusion, hold your thumb up at arms length and compare it to the moon at different times of the day and night (visibility dependent, of course).
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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.
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No.  But we see only the side that faces earth.\n\nHere's a good diagram that explains it better than I can...\n\n\nhttp://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/the_universe/uts/moon2.html
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Yes -- in fact you are living on one.  The earth and moon is quite unusual in being relatively the same size to earth other compared to other moons around other planets in the solar system.\n\nIn that respect you can consider the earth and moon as being twin planets.\n\nAs to how often this happens outside the solar system, you would probably have to wait a few years as we have only just started to be able to detect planets around nearby stars but currently have no real means of actually observing them.
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You are right.\n\nAn astronaut standing on the "earth" side of the moon during a "new moon" might see the small shadow of the earth moving across the surface of the earth -- a partial eclipse of the earth.\n\nNot total eclipse of the earth by the moon's shadow is possible because the moon is too small.\n\nThe oddball thing is that by coincidence the moon appears to be the same size in the earth's sky as the sun. about one finger tip at arms' length which is about half a degree of angle.
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THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MOON.
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The reason you can see the moon in the sky during the day is because at that time the moon has rotated to where it is inbetween the earth and the sun.  So they are both visable at the same time.  It takes 28 for the moon to circle the earth, this is also the cause of moon phases, such as full moon/ new moon ect.
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Here is a very simple and precise explanation with good illustrations\nhttp://home.hiwaay.net/~krcool/Astro/moon/moonorange/
90954
The moon is there, don't worry. Sometimes, yeah, you can see the people on the moon. Squint properly.
543648
Oh no, you've figured out my hoax!!! You busted me, you're right, its not round. Sorry, I get silly sometimes. If you are at a position when the moon passes directly perpendicular to you relative to the sun's position then you will see a perfect half lit moon. you can simulate this with a big right triangle by taking a golf ball or some other ball and placing it at the  90 degree corner and placing a flashlight at one of the other corners pointing directly at the ball. Now line up your sight from the third corner and you should see a perfect half lit ball. :)