near side
Facing portion visible
The near side is the side closest to the observer or to a reference point.
In contexts involving horses or vehicles in left-driving countries, it's the left side—the side nearest the curb or the handler: Mount from the near side.
The near side of the moon faces Earth; the far side faces away.
lunar
Half of a ball
- earthwardToward the ground
- visibleAble to be seen
- cratersImpact-formed depressions
- mariaDark lunar plains
libration · face · Apollo · moonscape · lunar surface · terminator · phases
proximity
One who concludes
- adjacentDirectly next to
- approachingComing toward something
- hitherTo this place
- facingDirected toward something
hemisphere
Half of a ball
maria · libration · face · Apollo · moonscape · lunar surface · terminator · phases
closer
One who concludes
- adjacentDirectly next to
- approachingComing toward something
- hitherTo this place
facing · front · immediate · toward · accessible · reachable · handy
left
Departed or portside
saddle · stirrup · handler · groom · horsemanship · roadside · curbside · riding · equine · tack
- Moon sciencelunar surface, lunar orbit, lunar phases, lunar craters, Apollo program
- moonfull moon, lunar, crescent moon, new moon, half moon
- sidesleft, right, front, top, back
- Moon featurescraters, maria, lunar surface, lunar phases, regolith