This turning is called a libration, and it should be borne in mind that the moon librates not only in the direction above measured, north and south, but also at right angles to this, east and west, so that we are able to see a little farther around every part of the moon's edge than would be possible if it turned toward us at all times exactly the same face.
"A Text-Book of Astronomy"
George C. Comstock
But it is only an insignificant margin of the far side of the moon which this libration permits us to examine.
"The Story of the Heavens"
Robert Stawell Ball
Discovered the moon's libration.
"Pioneers of Science"
Oliver Lodge