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no. The moon is getting further away. The gravitational pull of the earth's tidal bulge is continually pushing it into a higher, slower orbit. The energy it gains (a small part of the energy of the tides) comes from slowing the rotation of the earth. In the distant past the moon was much closer, the earth span faster, and tides were much bigger.