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Yes. It rotates at a rate which keeps the same side (or face) to Earth at all times.

Or pretty much so. Because the Moon spins once per orbit, the same face of the Moon is always pointing to the center of the orbit. But because the Moon's orbit is elliptical rather than circular, we do get little peeks around the lunar horizon. It spins at a constant speed, but speeds up and slows down some in its orbit. In total, we can see about 54% of the Moon's surface from the Earth.

And because the same face of the Moon is always turned toward Earth, an observer on the near side of the Moon would see the Earth appear to hang motionless (or almost) in the sky. And very little of the far side of the Moon ever gets a glimpse of Earth.

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