Newly formed moon crater is once-in-a-century discovery
In 2024, a space rock slammed into the moon, creating a new crater in the surface. The newly formed moon crater is about 728 feet wide and 141 feet deep. The post Newly formed moon crater is once-in-a-century discovery first appeared on EarthSky .
On September 16, 2026, NASA announced the discovery of a brand new moon crater named McGetchin Crater. This newly formed crater is a once-in-a-century event, only occurring about once per century or longer. The impact that created the crater occurred between April 11 and May 22, 2024, when a comet or asteroid the size of a 3- to 6-story building struck the moon's surface near its eastern edge.
The resulting crater has a diameter of 728 feet (222 meters) and is 141 feet (43 meters) deep – so wide and deep it could fit three vertically stacked yellow school buses. This size of lunar impact is so rare that it only happens about once a century or even longer.
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