How did the Moon get there?

You pretty much explained it.

Ya, thats it.
Thats why the Moon always faces us from the same side.
And welcome to Fluther. Lurve.

“Was it the result of material ejected from the Earth in an ancient collision with a large asteroid or planet?”

That is the best theory people have come up with. And the Earths core is Iron rich and the moon is lacking iron. So the theory is something hit the earth and blew off part of the outside that lacks iron.

so…it’s not made of cheese?!?

Zeus was trimming his toenails one day and a piece of nail flew up and got stuck in the sky.

Yum, a nice Wensleydale.

@cprevite You are confusing the Moon with AstroChuck

@filmfann Bah dum dum!

One of the other planets pooped it there.

Oh! The moon.