I haven't seen anyone post so many words and end up with a post that means- nothing...

meaningless word babble

What gets me is that clunk (nice nicename that, very appropriate) seems totally stuck on using words incorrectly, redefining words to mean something else and generally trying very hard to avoid being pinned down on what (if any) meaning she has herself applied instead of either the common or astronomical usage

What gets me is that the only viewpoint that the moon doesnt `spin' is from the earths surface, and that same viewpoint also shows that the sun rotates around the earth!!!

Stand on either of the moons axis points and the starfield clearly rotates
Stand on any point on the moon that receives sunlight and there will be a `sunrise' and `sunset'as the moons rotation causes an apparent rotation of the sun around the moon...

I was able to explain this to an eight year old, and she readily grasped the concept that not only was the moon spinning, but its spin rate had to be the same as its orbital period in order to show the same face to the earth at all times (didn't use words that big, but she readily grasped the concept when shown with a tennis ball and basket ball)
She even grasped the idea that if the moon didn't spin on its axis then it would indeed have a `dark side' and a `light' side (fun games can be had with a torch or table lamp and a basket ball and a tennis ball- we even managed to have an `eclipse' on the basketball/earth)

Learning can be fun clunk- ask your mummy or daddy to try this out with you (but dont touch the lightbulb- it's ouchie burnies hot ok- just like the sun!!!)