# Moon people view of the solar system **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 21, 2013, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-people-view-of-the-solar-system/661575 "2013-06-21T18:22:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2013, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-people-view-of-the-solar-system/661575/21 "2013-06-22T13:28:27Z")
Couldn’t they readily identify a 365-day cycle just from the background stars, i.e. when Pisces (or whatever they call it) is overhead (or nearly so) every twelfth “midnight”. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2013, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-people-view-of-the-solar-system/661575/22 "2013-06-22T14:04:54Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > . . . I think a Lunarian (Selenite?) . . . . How 'bout “Mooners?” 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2013, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-people-view-of-the-solar-system/661575/23 "2013-06-22T14:13:49Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Couldn’t they readily identify a 365-day cycle just from the background stars, i.e. when Pisces (or whatever they call it) is overhead (or nearly so) every twelfth “midnight”. 13th midnight, but yeah. They definitely could. At the most rudimentary level, you could see what stars were on the horizon at the time of your 28-day “day” when nothing has a shadow. That would change throughout the year. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2013, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-people-view-of-the-solar-system/661575/24 "2013-06-22T18:54:33Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > There is no dark side of the Moon. Sure there is . . . but it keeps changing, in 28-day cycles. ---
**Author:** ![CC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f1d935/32.png) [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2013, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-people-view-of-the-solar-system/661575/25 "2013-06-22T20:18:21Z")
> [@D18](#): > > Bet it doesn’t make a wooshing sound as it orbits, either. Cuz there’s no atmosphere. 😉 I think it’s because there’s no gravity on the moon. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2013, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-people-view-of-the-solar-system/661575/26 "2013-06-22T20:26:04Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Far side, not dark side. There is no dark side of the Moon. Not now, but there was until 1959. ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2013, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-people-view-of-the-solar-system/661575/27 "2013-06-23T07:54:21Z")
> [@dtilque](#): > > The Moon’s orbit is tilted about 5 degrees from the ecliptic (Sun’s “orbit”). And don’t we have to add on another 1.5 degrees or so of axial tilt relative to its own orbit? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-people-view-of-the-solar-system/661575.md?page=1)