To: Deaf Smith
Luna is tidally locked to Earth. We always see (mostly) the same side of it. The far side of the Moon isn’t always dark, any more than the near side is.
14 posted on
01/14/2019 1:24:37 PM PST by
NorthMountain
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To: NorthMountain
Thanks.
For what ever reason, I thought the Moon rotated once on it's axis every 27 days so that one side was always facing the Sun.
Corrected.
29 posted on
01/14/2019 5:42:46 PM PST by
Deaf Smith
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