Why is the moon in the wrong place?

According to scientific measurement the moon is moving away from earth at the rate of 1.5 inches per year. If that is true and that the moon is 4.5 billion years old then the moon should be about 3 million miles from earth. At present it is about 238 thousand miles from earth. Is that what they call 'the margin of error'?

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smileylovesgaming · 31-35, F

I heard the moon is younger then the earth. Hit by another planet some time after the earth formed. The left overs from that made the moon. But 1.5 inches isn't that much at all. It would take many millions of year's

hippyjoe1955 · 61-69, M

@smileylovesgaming There are about as many explanations of how the moon came to be as there are planets in the solar system. None of them actually work.

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hippyjoe1955 · 61-69, M

@MalteseFalconPunch so what is your pet theory and why is there do much disagreement with all the other theories?

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