Dark side

"Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody" - Mark Twain

"We are all like the bright moon, we still have our darker side" - Khalil Gibran 


During this time of year the days get shorter and the nights get longer. Lately the moon hasn't been rising until twelve or one in the morning. I really like these poems because it describes the moon as an "innocent" person, but like everyone else, we are not perfect and we have our bad (darker) side as well. Having a darker side isn't so bad, it evens out with the good. The moon is a beautiful thing. 

The farther side of the moon is called the "dark side" which is never facing the earth, or only on a new moon, and can only be seen from space and the "near side" is always facing Earth. The "dark side" is actually wrong and misleading because people mistakenly think that it never sees any light from the sun. Some people would say that the "darker side" is hiding from the light. 

At night we can see the glow from the moon but the light coming from the moon is an illusion. It is reflected light from the sun, bouncing off the moon which acts like a mirror. The amount of light we get from the moon depends on the point of the orbit. In the day time the sky completely washes out the light from the stars but at the night the moon is even more brighter 

David Rose, "one side of the moon," moon connection.com, N.p. 

Fraser Cain, "Why does the moon shine?" Universetoday.com, N.p.