Does the moon rotate on it's own axis and is there a permanent dark side of the moon?

Answer 1

yes it does rotate and no one side is not always dark, the side that faces away from the Earth is called the Dark Side...

Oh it rotates at the same speed that it orbits so that the same side faces us all the time.

Answer 2

Yes the Moon rotates and no, there is no permanent dark side. There is a permanent far side that cannot be seen from Earth since the moon takes the same amount of time to rotate once on its axis as it does to make one orbit around the Earth. But the far side is not always dark, just like the near side is not always bright.

Answer 3

Yes, the moon does rotate on it's own axis. The reason the other side of the moon is called the dark side is because the moon rotates at the same speed of the earth, so we never get to see the other or dark side of the moon.

Answer 4

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Does the moon rotate on it's own axis and is there a permanent dark side of the moon?

Answer 5

The term "dark" in this context refers to something being unknown or not being in the light of knowledge. Since the rate at which the Moon spins on its axis corresponds to the rate at which the Moon orbits the earth, the same side of the Moon always faces the earth. So, the side that was never able to be seen until the Apollo missions was referred to as the dark side.
It does get lit up when that side faces the Sun, it is not always in darkness. Just when that side is lit up by the Sun, it is still facing away and cannot be seen to be lit up from earth.
So, there is a permanent dark or unknown side of the Moon from earth's veiwpoint, but there is not a side that never gets any light.

Answer 6

Yes, the moon rotates on its axis. At the equator this rotation is about 13 miles/hour. Earth rotates at about 1,035 miles/hour. These two rotational speeds are such that we only see one side of the moon. The so-called 'dark side' of the moon does indeed get lit up just like the side we see.

Answer 7

Yes, it rotates once on its axis in the same time it takes to orbit the earth, that is why we see only one side of the moon.

Answer 8

It has a "synchronous rotation" with Earth which means the same side of the moon faces the Earth at all times. The phases of the moon are caused by the Earth's shadow as the moon revolves around the Earth.

Answer 9

Since the time taken by the moon to rotate about its axis equals the time taken to complete its orbit around earth we never see or capture the image of the other side except by flying around it in space vehicle.

Answer 10

it has its own axis, and it doesn't have a permanently dark side, it just seems that way because we only see the same side of the moon at night, or sometimes in day.