# Moon Question **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 7, 2017, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-question/792982 "2017-08-07T07:39:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2017, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-question/792982/41 "2017-08-08T14:53:49Z")
The question as presented is not: “Have people in the past used ‘dark side’ to refer to the far side of the moon?” The answer to that is, “Yes, they have.” The question presented is “What did **abashed** mean with the term ‘dark side’, and what is the proper way of referencing it?” The answer to that is, “He probably meant the side that we cannot see from Earth. That side is not perpetually dark, therefore the more correct way of referencing it is to call it the ‘far side’.” Not sure why the fact that some here have said that means we have to have a ten or twenty post argument over the meaning of the words “dark side.” :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2017, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-question/792982/42 "2017-08-08T15:56:34Z")
> [@DSYoungEsq](#): > > Not sure why the fact that some here have said that means we have to have a ten or twenty post argument over the meaning of the words “dark side.” :dubious: It’s Vader’s fault. ---
**Author:** ![abashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c6cbf5/32.png) [@abashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/abashed)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2017, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-question/792982/43 "2017-08-08T16:01:38Z")
> [@DSYoungEsq](#): > > The question as presented is not: “Have people in the past used ‘dark side’ to refer to the far side of the moon?” The answer to that is, “Yes, they have.” > > The question presented is “What did **abashed** mean with the term ‘dark side’, and what is the proper way of referencing it?” The answer to that is, “He probably meant the side that we cannot see from Earth. That side is not perpetually dark, therefore the more correct way of referencing it is to call it the ‘far side’.” > > Not sure why the fact that some here have said that means we have to have a ten or twenty post argument over the meaning of the words “dark side.” :dubious: I was asking the question in a naive way on purpose to provoke a debate for the benefit of anyone who hasn’t really thought about it much. The idea is to educate the uninitiated. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![abashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c6cbf5/32.png) [@abashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/abashed)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2017, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-question/792982/44 "2017-08-08T16:02:40Z")
> [@Shinna\_Minna\_Ma](#): > > “There is no dark side of the moon really. As a matter of fact, it’s all dark.” Then why can we see it at night? ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2017, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-question/792982/45 "2017-08-08T16:11:43Z")
The only dark side of the moon is the interior of it’s surface. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2017, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-question/792982/46 "2017-08-08T17:36:20Z")
> [@abashed](#): > > I was asking the question in a naive way on purpose to provoke a debate for the benefit of anyone who hasn’t really thought about it much. The idea is to educate the uninitiated. 🙂 **Moderator Note** **abashed** , posting questions you already know the answer to and feigning ignorance are an abuse of the purpose of General Questions. Your function is not to “educate the uninitiated.” **Moderator Instructions** You have been starting an excessive number of threads on subjects that can easily be researched on Google or Wikipedia. Now that you have indicated that these may not be genuine questions, I am instructing you to cease starting new threads unless you have some specific questions. I will close any threads that appear to me to violate this instruction. Colibri General Questions Moderator PS. I’m closing this. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-question/792982.md?page=2)