Does the moon have an axis?

Answer 1

Yes, but not in the ordinary sense. The moon is gravitationally locked to the Earth, meaning it doesn't rotate independently along an imaginary line passing through its poles. As the Earth both rotates on its own axis and revolves around the Sun, the moon's orientation along that imaginary line changes with respect to the ecliptic every 27.3 days, so the moon can be said to rotate on that axis.

Answer 2

Yes, the moon does have an axis of rotation, which is slightly tilted relative to the plane of its orbit around the Earth. This tilt causes variations in sunlight received on different parts of the moon's surface, leading to the formation of different lunar phases.