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I googled this question and found sources which claimed the moon slowly, over about 27 days, rotates on its axis. Yet wouldn't rotating at a speed so that about 40% of the moon never faces the Earth suggest that it is rotating around an axis somewhere inside of the Earth, rather than inside of itself?
For example if a person on a merry-go-round (near the edge) is rotating 360 degrees only after approximately a full revolution of the merry-go-round, I wouldn't consider that person to be rotating on their own axis, unless they are doing 360 degree rotations independently on the merry-go-round, which the moon doesn't appear to be doing?
For example if a person on a merry-go-round (near the edge) is rotating 360 degrees only after approximately a full revolution of the merry-go-round, I wouldn't consider that person to be rotating on their own axis, unless they are doing 360 degree rotations independently on the merry-go-round, which the moon doesn't appear to be doing?