Do you know that we can see only one side of the moon?

India
February 10, 2007 4:19am CST
The entire population of this world can see only one side of the moon and we can never see the other side of it. A fact known only to a few right?. Any explaination why we cannot see the other side of the moon.
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@Aussies2007 (5336)
• Australia
10 Feb 07
The moon travel around the Earth once every 27 days. The moon also rotate once every 27 days. This is the reason why we can only see one side of the moon. However... you only see one side of the moon from where you live. Different people living at different locations would also see only one side of the moon... but it is a different side that the one you are looking at. If the moon rotate at the same speed that it is moving... that mean that someone in America always look at the front of the moon... while someone living in Asia always look at the back of the moon.
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• India
11 Feb 07
I think you are absolutely right. Thanks for your magnificient answer.