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coffeemonkeypants t1_jad934q wrote

Reply to comment by KeaboUltra in The moon could get its own time zone, but clocks work differently there – here's why by QuickOliveSpring

There is a day/night cycle, but it's 29.5 earth days long from 'noon' to 'noon', so they'll live in darkness two earth weeks at a time

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KeaboUltra t1_jadbqiw wrote

THat's true but i thought any colony built there wouldn't want to be purely in the sun or dark side of the moon

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coffeemonkeypants t1_jadmwt5 wrote

There is no dark side of the moon. It's a misconception. The moon rotates just like the earth does, but it takes nearly a month to rotate once. It's in nearly perfect sync with the earth, which is why we only ever see the one side. But when it's a 'new moon ', aka fully dark to us, the other side is in full sun. You're seeing the moon day happen every month with the phases of the moon. So any moon base is gonna be dark two weeks a month.

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