I read that a long time ago (tens of millions of years) the moon was further away and rotated as it went around the Earth. As the moon is falling in to the earth (tens of bilions of years to impact) the moon became tidal lcked to the earth.
Actually, in the past the moon was closer than it is now. Tidal forces are pushing it further away. The moons of Mars, on the other hand, are getting closer to it and will break up or hit Mars in some tens of millions of years.
Any object in orbit beyond synchronous orbit will move further away with time. Any object closer will eventually break up or crash into the planet it is orbiting.