• Johanno@feddit.org
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    7 hours ago

    They even did call it the far side, not the dark side.

    Because the dark side of the moon is in fact not dark most of the time.

    • Lord Wiggle@lemmy.world
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      4 hours ago

      Because the dark side of the moon is in fact not dark most of the time.

      Exactly half of the time right?

      • Buddahriffic@lemmy.world
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        3 hours ago

        Ironically, the dark side of the moon is lit a bit more than the light side. Dark side is gonna be almost exactly half of the time, light side is a bit less because it’s the side facing the sun during lunar eclipses.

        Same argument for the dark side of the moon getting more light than the earth because of solar eclipses (if we’re comparing % light coverage, not total photons).