The "sand blasting" of the farside also assisted the continuing movement of the moon on from South East Asia to the Banda Sea where it was flexed and virtually "boiled" back out now recognisable as the moon.
The "sand blasting" of the farside also caused the moon to move on from South East Asia into the Pacific along the lines of the Easter Island and Challenger Fractures. Eventually it was flexed and virtually "boiled" back out the Pacific recognisably as the moon.