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Because the Moon is tidally locked to the Earth. It is more massive on one sde than the other, and the more massive side is more strongly attracted by the Earth's gravity, so over time (some billions of years) the Moon's rotation has disappeared and it always presents one face to the Earth.

The other side is sometimes called the 'dark side' but in fact it is no darker than the side we see. Everywhere the Sun rises and sets once in 28 days.

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