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far side of the Moon

hemisphere of the Moon that always faces away from Earth
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far side of the Moon

Summary

far side of the Moon is a region[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of region entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,372 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • far side of the Moon's image is recorded as Moon PIA00304.jpg[3].
  • far side of the Moon's instance of is recorded as region[4].
  • far side of the Moon's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Luna 3[5].
  • far side of the Moon's Commons category is recorded as Far side of the Moon[6].
  • far side of the Moon's located on astronomical body is recorded as Moon[7].
  • far side of the Moon's opposite of is recorded as near side of the Moon[8].
  • far side of the Moon's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1959-10-07T00:00:00Z[9].
  • far side of the Moon's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03x01s[10].
  • far side of the Moon's different from is recorded as Dark side of the Moon[11].
  • far side of the Moon's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11fn79hffl[12].
  • far side of the Moon's Larousse ID is recorded as images/Face_cachée_de_la_Lune/1009765[13].
  • far side of the Moon's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 107195362[14].
  • far side of the Moon's Australian Educational Vocabulary ID is recorded as scot/1891[15].
  • far side of the Moon's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C107195362[16].
  • far side of the Moon's ScienceDirect topic ID is recorded as earth-and-planetary-sciences/lunar-far-side[17].

Body

Designation and Status

far side of the Moon's instance of is recorded as region[4].

Cultural Significance

Things named for far side of the Moon include The Dark Side of the Moon[18], a television series[19], directed by Alexander Kott[20].

Why It Matters

far side of the Moon ranks in the top 4% of region entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,372 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] It is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

Entities named for it include The Dark Side of the Moon[18], a television series[19], directed by Alexander Kott[20].

Related Entities

Blue Ghost Mission 2 Iron Sky Luna 3

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [19] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 8w ago · Miikul · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → /static/img/far-side-of-the-moon.jpg
    Discoverer or inventor → Q942814
    Image → Moon PIA00304.jpg
    Different from → Dark side of the Moon
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-multiple-properties-update:0||2 */ Moving [[Property:P65]] to [[Property:P61]]"
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