Does our moon have poles and axis?

Question

I should have used words like spin, rotate, turn, revolve, circumnavigate, omega, and do the twist. All of which have definitions.
It's all relative!

Answer 1

The moon's axis of rotation, like that of Earth, is tilted. Astronomers measure axial tilt relative to a line perpendicular to the ecliptic plane.
The tilt of Earth's axis is about 23.5 degrees from the perpendicular This gives its seasons. However, the tilt of the moon's axis is only about 1.5 degrees, so therefore the moon has no seasons as such
It has poles but not magnetic as on Earth. So when you visit, please don't bother to take a compass!

Answer 2

The moon doesn't have magnetic poles as it has no magnetic field. It does rotate about an axis however, and it does have poles in that sense.

EDIT: OMG... Not this grantchronicles again... 169moons, I don't know if you're the same guy that saw fit to crash the cloudynights forums with your drivel about a non-rotating moon, but either way you are a moron if you actually use that website as a scientific reference. The guy who runs that site doesn't post his name or even any educational credentials. The site is a rather hilarious bunch of bunk.

The moon rotates, ask any real scientist/astrophysicist.

Answer 3

Please keep in mind the moon rotates.
It has to rotate or it couldn't possibly keep the same face toward the earth at all times. Its period of rotation equals the period of the orbit around earth.
Since it rotates, it has to have an axis, and where the imaginary line of the axis penetrates the surface of the sphere of the moon, there has to be what we would define as poles.

Answer 4

No it does not have either. The moon does not rotate as it circles the Earth and always has the same "side" facing the Earth. Because there is no rotation and no axis, there cannot be poles either. However, in some conventions, the Moon could be considered to have poles which are the two notional points on the Moon's surface that are furtherst from its plane of rotation.

Answer 5

The moon is tidally locked to Earth, so one side of the moon is eternally facing Earth. Astronomers observing the Moon noticed that it seems to be rotating on its axis in precise synchronization with its orbital speed, but their conclusion is wrong. A close examination would reveal the Moon does not rotate at all and is void of spin.

Gravity turns the direction of the Moon in a constant curve by centripetal force, which is responsible for completing a circular orbit. (Think of a ball attached to a string that you swing in a circular orbit, that is centripetal force. In this exercise, you would be Earth, and the ball on the string would be the moon.).

The Moon lost its ability to revolve eons ago when its core hardened. As pressure and zone differentials inside the Moon’s core equalized, its internal spin ceased to drive the surface crust of the Moon to revolve about its north-south axis. This is the present state of the Moon, as inertia and internal drivers are now absent. Where mankind gets confused is the reference axis used to examine rotational motion. For those who state the Moon does rotates about the Earth, they have made the mistake of using the earth's axis as the reference point for rotation. The only point of reference for rotation of the Moon is its own axis, which does not spin. The Moon' forward motion takes on a elliptical path about the reference axis of the Earth, but its face, which we see all the time always stays 90 degrees off to the left to this motion.

Answer 6

Yes

Answer 7

Yes.

Answer 8

Of course. It rotates, once every 28 days.

Answer 9

yes and yes

Answer 10

I think just the Earth.