Does the moon rotate on its axis like planet earth? Why or why not?

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Claire Anctil · Accepted Answer

Moon rotates on its axis once in 27 days and 8 hours.

We can only see one face of the moon because of tidal locking, which occurs when the moon orbits the Earth in the same 27 days and 8 hours.

Alexander Acosta · Answer

While showing nearly the same face to the Earth, Moon spins for its day and night. As of now, average Moon's day is 29.530587891 Earth days.

Here, the period between two consecutive Full Moon's transits (or New Moon's transits) of the Earth's heliocentric ( revolving-about-Sun ) longitutudinal plane determines lunar day. In brief, it is synodic (defined with respect [the Sun]) lunar month, (https://tutor.hix.ai)-Earth line. Moon spins through 2#pi# radians, with respect to the Sun, during this period.

Josiah Adams · Answer

undefined Yes, the Moon rotates on its axis. It takes approximately 27.3 days for the Moon to complete one full rotation. This rotation period is the same as its orbital period around the Earth. As a result, the same side of the Moon always faces the Earth due to a phenomenon called synchronous rotation, where the Moon's rotational period matches its orbital period around Earth.