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We always see the same side of the Moon.

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The Moon spins once on its axis in the same time it takes to orbit Earth, so the same face always points towards us. This is called tidal locking. The far side was first photographed by a Soviet probe in 1959.

Source: Tidal locking (Wikipedia)

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