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Since the moon rotates on its own axis while revolving around the Earth, shouldn’t we be able to see all sides of it? So, why do we see only one side of the moon?
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Since the moon rotates on its own axis while revolving around the Earth, shouldn’t we be able to see all sides of it? So, why do we see only one side of the moon?

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The moon rotates at the same speed that the earth rotates. This means that in one rotation of the earth the moon will also have completed one rotation. The same side always faces us because since the earth and moon rotate at the same rate only one side will ever face us.
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