Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) never himself split the moon. Allah did. To clear the doubts of those that doubted Muhammad's (pbuh) claim of being 'Gods' Messenger' upon the people requesting him to prove what he claimed he actually was, by 'Invoking Allah to split the moon' into 2 halves.
This is also recorded in History. Read the related article: http://neurotherapy-of-christian-brain.blogspot.in/2012/12/moon-splitting-miracle-of-prophet.html.
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