General Education The moon is the natural satellite of the earth. The moon's rotational period around the earth is the same with its revolution period causing one side of the moon to always turn towards the earth while the other side turns away from the sun. Thus, this paper will explain the reasons why the same side of the moon is always seen as well as why the moon fails to rise at the same time each night.

Reasons why the same side of the moon is always seen

What makes us see the same side of the moon is the tidal locking that causes a synchronous rotational. The rotation of the moon takes place very slow making at most one turn on its axis at the same time it revolving around the earth. Most people have been making references concerning the dark side of the moon. It is true that only one face of the moon...

People usually see the same side of the moon because the moon rotates on its axis as it goes around the earth. Both the moon and the earth rotate at the same time making the moon to always keep the same face towards the earth. On the contrary, if the moon fails to rotate, only the far side of the moon that moves around the planet in an orbit would be seen (Stevenson & Pearson, 2006). The sphere of the moon always faces the Earth since the rotational period is closely the same with the orbital period. The other interesting reason is that, a half surface of the moon can be observed from the Earth given that the orbit of the moon is elliptical, and the speed of the moon's orbit can travel while increasing or decreasing and this depends on how close it is…