Excerpt taken from Our Created Moon by Don DeYoung and John Whitcomb, used by permission, Masterbooks, publisher.

How Old is the Moon?

The standard secular age assigned to the moon is about 4.6 billion years.  This same age is also applied to the sun, earth and other planets of the solar system.  It is derived from the radioisotope study of moon rocks and also meteorites.  However, no scientific method can date a rock with absolute certainty.   The young earth creation view supports a much smaller value for the age of the moon, solar system, and universe.  The moon is thought to be between 6,000 and 10,000 years old.  This number is at least a half-million times smaller than the evolutionary 4.6 billion years.  The creationism age is based upon two factors.   First, there is a healthy skepticism of radioisotope dating results.  Many hundreds of scientists worldwide question the vast ages assigned to rocks.  These researchers are very interested in overlooked kinds of science data that support a recent creation.  The second factor supporting a recent creation is the record of biblical history.  The Bible most naturally allows for thousand of years of history, but not millions or billions of years.