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About How many time have you used that phrase, "dark side of the
moon?" Maybe not many. Other than as the title of a very popular
Pink Floyd CD, I don't believe the saying is used much anymore.
Dark side is a bit of a misnomer, but there are two ways of
looking at it. At times, some people have been of the belief
that one side of the moon was always dark, hence the phrase
"dark side of the moon." As NASA astrophysicist, Dr. Steve
Bloom, says, "the side that we are familiar with is dark just as
frequently. A better term might be "far side of the Moon."The
orbit of the Moon is such that one rotation is just about as
long as one revolution in its orbit around the Earth. Because of
this, one side is facing us during its orbit." So, if you think
of dark as meaning unknown, then yes, for centuries the far side
was "dark" to us.  Of