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The Moon rotates at the same rate it revolves, so the same side always faces Earth, because the Moon is tidally locked to the Earth. While it does spin on its axis, it takes the same amount of time for one complete turn as it does to circle the planet (about 27.32 days).

When the Moon was first formed it rotated faster than it does now. But because it is smaller than the Earth and its weight unevenly distributed, the tidal friction between the Earth and Moon gradually slowed it down. This works the other way too: the Moon is slowing Earth's spin, and as it does, it moves out further from the Earth. The eventual end state would be for the Earth and Moon to always face each other. This would require billions of years, and will likely first be interrupted by other events in the solar system.

Astronomers estimate the moon probably became tidally locked more than a billion years ago.

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There is no place on the moon that always faces the sun. Just like the earth, the moon rotates on its axis,
completing one rotation in about 27.3 [earth] days. If you stand at any place on the moon, the sun rises from
one horizon, crosses the sky slowly, and sets at the opposite horizon about 14 days later. Then you're in darkness
for another 14 days, until the sun rises again and the whole thing repeats.

Now, there IS one side of the moon that always faces the EARTH. But that's a whole different matter.

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In about a month's time, you can see the full moon exactly one time, if the sky is clear.

Every phase of the moon, including "Full", repeats with a period of 29.53 days.

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No. The moon rotates at the same speed it orbits the Earth, so the same side always faces Earth. Its orbit isn't perfectly circular, so it does "wobble" a little; over the course of a month about 60% of the moon can be seen, but that back 40% can never be seen from Earth.

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This is because a moon day, or when the moon turns on its axis once, is the exact same amount of time as a moon year, or when the moon makes a revolution around the Earth. So, as the moon turns, it also is going around the planet and so the face of the moon is always staring at the Earth

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The moon does not rotate on its own axis like Earth does. If you were on the moon looking at the earth you would see it slowly turning. As you have observed,we only see the same side of the moon from earth because the moon does not turn on its own axis.

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The moon is tidally locked with the earth. The reason is that the moon is slightly heavier on one side than the other. Due to tidal friction, the moon's rotation (with respect to earth) would have gradually slowed over the eons, so that eventually it would lock in resonance with the earth. The moon probably became tidally locked more than a billion years ago, long before any life on earth evolved eyes. Therefore the distant side of the moon remained unknown until we sent orbiters around it to snap photos. I believe the Russians succeeded at this first.

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The near side of the moon faces the Earth.

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Yes, it certainly does. That's a fact. You could look it up.

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The Moon takes 29.5 days to rotate around its own axis also it take the same that is 29.5 days to rotate around the Earth.

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Why the moon always keeps the same face?

It has a 1 to 1 rotation/revolution. it does turn on an axis but it turns as its revolving so earth always sees the same side.


Why is one face of the moon always seen?

This is because the moon's rotation on its own axis exactly matches its rotation around the earth, meaning the same face of the moon is always facing the earth


Why does the sameside of the moon always face earth?

It doesn't! The moon turns on its axis.


During the summer does the earth face the moon?

some part of the earth ALWAYS faces the moon. ALWAYS (its a big ball we live on)


Your moon always shows the same face to the earth?

True.


Does the far side or the near side of the moon always face the earth?

It always faces away from the earth


Does only one side of the moon face the earth?

Yes only one side of the moon is always facing the earth.


Does the same side of the moon always face earth?

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.


Why does the Tycho crater always face the earth?

The moon rotates in such a way that one face always points towards the Earth. This is because the Earth has tides - over time the tidal forces gradually removed energy from the Moon's rotation so it ended up always facing the Earth.


When does the dark side of the moon face earth?

There is no "dark side" of the moon, meaning a side that's always dark. When it's nighttime on the moon on its near side, we see a New Moon. When it's nighttime on the far side, we see a Full Moon.The moon always keeps one face toward Earth, and to do that the moon has to rotate once on its axis every month. If you put a chair in the middle of the room, and you walk around the chair always facing it, then you'll find that you have to turn your body once with respect to the rest of the room before you can make one complete circuit around the chair.The moon does something similar. It always keeps one face toward the Earth - but to do that it has to spin on its axis once a month, at the same time that it's moving in its orbit around Earth. The moon's spin on its axis is what makes it possible for the moon to have a near side and a far side as seen from Earth.


Why do you always see one face of the moon Do all countries see the same face?

The moon does not rotate so on Earth we always see the same side no matter where the observer is.


Why do astronomers on earth always see the same side of the moon?

15 days one side 15 days other No it's always the same face. Because the moon spins on its axis exactly once per its orbit of the earth. It's a tidal friction effect. In zillions of year's time the same face of the earth will always face the moon also.