Yes but from the point of view of the earth the moon does not appear to be rotating around its own axis since it is tidally locked. In that sense it’s confusing

Yes but from the point of view of the earth the moon does not appear to be rotating around its own axis since it is tidally locked. In that sense it’s confusing to me to distinguish it from everything else on earth but the comment above about centripetal force clarifies this for me I think