Dark side of the Moon

The dark side of the Moon can refer to:

• the far side of the Moon that is permanently turned away from the Earth^{[citation needed]} (even though it receives approximately the same amount of light as the near side of the moon), or
• the lunar hemisphere that is not lit by the sun at any particular moment in time.

The first photographs of the far side of the moon were from the Soviet Luna 3 space probe in 1959.

Music

Albums

• The Dark Side of the Moon, 1973 album by Pink Floyd
• The Flaming Lips and Stardeath and White Dwarfs with Henry Rollins and Peaches Doing The Dark Side of the Moon, album by the Flaming Lips

Songs

• The Pink Floyd songs "Brain Damage" and "Eclipse" often mistakenly labeled "Dark Side of the Moon" because the phrase is repeated therein.
• "The Dark Side of the Moon", a major work for brass band by Paul Lovatt-Cooper
• "Dark Side of the Moon", a song by Dutch trance group Ernesto vs Bastian
• "Dark Side of the Moon", a song by German dance/trance group Dune
• "Dark Side of the Moon", an unreleased Elton John song (not to be confused with "Bad side of the Moon.")
• Dark Side of the Moon, the final track on Lisa Brokop's 2000 album Undeniable
• "Dark Side of the Moon", the opening track on Steve Jablonsky's Transformers: Dark Of The Moon Score

Tours

• Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon Tour 1972-1973
• The Dark Side of the Moon Live, 2006-2008 concert tour for the album by Pink Floyd member Roger Waters

Film and television

• Dark Side of the Moon (documentary), a French mockumentary
• La Face cachée de la lune, David Joy a 2003 film by Robert Lepage
• The Dark Side of the Moon (film), 1990 film by D.J. Webster
• Classic Albums: Pink Floyd – The Making of The Dark Side of the Moon, a 2003 DVD about the Pink Floyd album
• "Dark Side of the Moon" (1998), episode 21 of anime series Silent Möbius
• Dream Theater Covers Dark Side Of The Moon. Live At Hammersmith Apollo London (2005)
• "Dark Side of the Moon" (Supernatural), an episode of the television series Supernatural
• Transformers: Dark of the Moon
• Iron Sky

Literature

• Dark Side of the Moon, 2006 novel by Sherrilyn Kenyon
• The Dark Side of the Moon, 2000 novel by Martin Suter
• The Dark Side of the Moon, 1976 young adult novel by William Corlett

Video games

• Dark Side of the Moon a PC video game consisting of 6 CD-ROMs by South Peak Interactive, and released in 1998.

See also

• Dark side (disambiguation)
• Dark Side of the Spoon
• Planetshine, when reflected sunlight from a planet illuminates the dark side of one of its moons