The Moon keeps the same face turned towards the Earth at all times. Astro do n regard t alignment a a coinc, and i is n because t Moon fa to rot. In fact it turns once on its axis in exactly the time it takes to travel once around us. Tidal forces from the Earth slowed the Moon's spin over many millions of years until the two periods matched, and once matched they stayed matched. Astronomers describe such a body as tidally locked, and most large moons in the solar system are.

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