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The moon's rotation has no affect on the earth because the moon always faces its "near" side toward the earth.

In the far distant past, the effect of the earth's presence slowed the moon's rotation until the present state was reached.

The moon likewise slows the earth's rotation, but only by a tiny bit each century because the moon is so much smaller than the earth.

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