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Moon turns
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face we see
Moon's spin
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Spin is measured against the distant stars. At exactly 1 turn per orbit the spoke always points at Earth. The "stretched orbit" is exaggerated (the real Moon's orbit is much closer to a circle) to show why we get to peek round the edges.