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It’s approximately the dark side when the moon is full, which happened two days ago.

Yes and (IIRC) they don't want to flyby while at full moon on the far side as to have some shadows to help differentiate the terrain

> It’s approximately the dark side when the moon is full, which happened two days ago.

Who downvotes that? It is true.

Edit: maybe you can illuminate why you downvote?

I'm sure it's the flat-mooners downvoting.

The moon IS flat! Just like the Sun and the Earth.

Well, the Moon, Sun, and Earth are all flatter than most surfaces in my house, and I call those surfaces flat, so yeah...