This was actually discussed in Heinlein's _The Moon is a Harsh Mistress_ --- and dismissed as idiocy, since being in synch with earth for communications was mor

This was actually discussed in Heinlein's _The Moon is a Harsh Mistress_ --- and dismissed as idiocy, since being in synch with earth for communications was more important, and anyone who needed to would check a table to determine if it was lunar day or night on the surface.