Moon

Note

Dust accumulation on the moon's surface is dealt with in 'dust and particles'.

Resources

Claim CE110: The moon is receding at a rate too fast for an old universe

Claim CE130: Lunar moonquakes, lava flows, and gas emissions indicates the moon's youth

Claim CF220: Short-lived isotopes Th-230 and U-236 exist on the moon

Brief response in the Index to Creationist Claims in the TalkOrigins Archive.

The Moon’s Recession

Video in the How Creationism Taught Me Real Science series.

Young-earth "proof" #5: The Moon is receding a few inches each year. Less than a million years ago the Moon would have been so close that the tides would have drowned everyone twice a day. Less than 2 or 3 million years ago the Moon would have been inside the Roche limit* and, thus, destroyed.

Article by Dave E. Matson on the Secular Web site. Also available in the TalkOrigins Archive.

Young-earth "proof" #6: The Moon contains considerable quantities of U-236 and Th-230, both of which are shortlived isotopes that would have expired long ago if the Moon were 4.5 billion years old.

Article by Dave E. Matson on the Secular Web site. Also available in the TalkOrigins Archive. Note that there appears to be a problem with this page - there is a small amount of text, followed by a large gap, followed by the rest of the article. Don't miss what is below the gap.