Of the moon’s 96 large impact craters from the past billion years, 50 are less than 290 million years old

Craters 10km

across or more

Present

day

Giordano Bruno

4m years old

Tycho

85m years

Jackson

147m years

500m

years

Seven craters created

over a 21m-year span

Ohm

291m years

King

992m years

Copernicus

97km, 797m

years old

1bn years

Present

day

Craters 10km

across or more

Giordano Bruno crater

22km across and

4m years old

Tycho

86km, 85m

years old

Jackson

71km, 147m

years old

250m

years

Ohm

64km, 291m

years old

Seven craters created

over a 21m-year span

500m

years

King

76km, 992m years old

Copernicus

97km, 797m

years old

750m

years