On Tuesday, July 24, 2018 at 9:55:18 PM UTC-7, Gerald Kelleher wrote:
On Wednesday, July 25, 2018 at 2:17:44 AM UTC+1, palsing wrote:



Isn't that interesting? This is especially good news for us amateur astronomers because we could then move to the hemisphere on Earth that will never see the moon all, and can, therefore, observe every clear night of the year and not have that pesky bright moon cluttering up the night sky half the time.

... if you want to believe the Moon also spins as it orbits the Earth then be my guest, as it lacks any common sense while for others it is a matter of rational cowardice.

So, once again you have failed to learn something new and yet again steadfastly refuse to believe the overwhelming evidence presented. Why am I not surprised? After all, you have been completely unteachable for a very long time!

From virtually every other body in the universe (other than the Earth, due to the aforementioned tidal coupling), assuming that they had the wherewithal to make the observation, the moon would be seen to rotate... just like every other body in the solar system would seem to rotate. EVERYTHING rotates with respect to other bodies, even when they present the same face to a single body.