There have been several theories for the origin of the Moon. The strongest data currently supports the "Giant Impact" theory. See the links below for more.
https://www.psi.edu/epo/moon/moon.html
http://phys.org/news/2012-10-massive-planetary-collision-zapped-key.html
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/questions/question38.html
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