Far Side of the Moon

Far Side of The Moon Winter and Summer begin on a solstice, That marks the shortest and longest days of the year; Spring and Fall arrive with the equinox. When the sun is closest to the equator, And day and night are of equal hours. Daily, the earth spins on its 23.5 degree tilted axis, Called its “obliquity,” and orbits the sun once a year. And this orbital plane gives rise to changing positions; Which shepherd in opposite seasons, In the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. The moon orbits the earth every month (Synchronized with its rotational spin on its axis) And spins at the same speed it orbits the earth, And explains why the near side of the moon is always in view, As seen from earth, and the far side remains a mystery. *** Notes: In October 1959, the USSR spacecraft, Luna 3, transmitted back to earth the first images of the far side of the moon (the side unseen from earth). The Chinese rover Yutu-2 landed on the far side of the moon on January 3, 2019, and found the Lunar soil to be stickier than on the near side facing the earth.