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  • It's AumSum Time

  • Why do we see only one side of the moon?

  • Because the other side is shy.

  • No.

  • Our moon takes about 27 days to rotate around its own axis and 27.3 days to revolve around the earth.

  • This means the moon rotates around its axis at almost the same rate or speed as it revolves around the earth.

  • Hence, the same side of the moon is constantly facing the earth.

  • Making us see only one or same side of the moon.

  • However, if the moon did not rotate on its axis, then we could see the other side of the moon.

  • We would also see the other side, if the moon rotated in 13.5 days, i.e., it made two rotations in one revolution.

  • But this is not the case.

  • However, an interesting fact is that due to the elliptical orbit of the moon.

  • We can see almost 59% of the moon's surface.

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