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Re:NASA’s Sofia Discovers Water on Sunlit Surface of Moon by pulkitanand on Monday October 26, 2020 @03:50PM (#24900511)
Tidal forces from Earth have slowed the Moon's rotation to the point where the same side is always facing the Earth—a phenomenon called tidal locking.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Far_side_of_the_Moon

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Re:NASA’s Sofia Discovers Water on Sunlit Surface of Moon by cli on Monday October 26, 2020 @03:54PM (#24900568)
But every side faces the sun at some point. The first paragraph of that article even says so.
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