The moon is tidally locked.

It was spinning at the start and then slowed down because the earth's gravity was causing the shape of the moon to distort. This bending caused friction so the Moon bled off its kinetic energy as heat until the system reached the current equilibrium.

April 10, 2026 - 18:41 UTC

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Yeah, tidal locking is CONSIDERABLY more common than eclipses are. Every moon in the solar system large enough to be round under its own gravity is tidally locked to its respective planet, and even Mercury experiences a form of tidal lock (albeit in a 3:2 ratio than a 1:1 ratio)
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Venus is tide locked to the sun. It’s common but still has CRAZY implications for the moon / planet.
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