... When Venus is on the farside of the Sun, we see the entire near side lit by the Sun ... to the Earth than when it is on the farside of the Sun and so it looks much bigger ...
... A drawing of these forces looks like this: . far center near side of Earth side . ... of the Moon on the center of the Earth from the force felt on the near and farsides ...
... Bad Astronomy : "That's as remote as the dark side of the Moon!" . Good astronomy : "That's as remote as the farside of the Moon!" . How it works : . ...
... When Venus is between the Earth and Sun, the farside is lit, and so we see Venus as being dark. ... When Venus is on the farside of the Sun from the Earth, we can see the entire half facing us as lit, and Venus looks like a ...
... If the moon's gravity pulls the oceans towards it, why doesn't the water simply pile up on that side, making the sea shallower on the farside of the Earth? ...
... They had erroneously referred to the "the dark side of the Moon" when they meant "farside" ( the CNN article can be found here , and an explanation of the difference between dark and farside is on my own website ). ...
... This in turn means that sometimes we can "peek" around a bit onto the farside of the Moon. This is called "libration". You can see it yourself! ...
... So successful, in fact, that scientists have been able to map out the farside of the Sun ! ... And when the farside rotates into view, they have been able to confirm their results, and therefore their method. ...