I love that one of the characters in Iain Banks' "Transition" tries to find aliens by spotting airtight -looking vessels (ships, vans,..) during solar eclipses, for this exact reason.
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Sometimes I wonder if the moons size / existence is one of the reasons why life is even possible in the first place - Maybe aliens would know what it's like to have a moon a quarter the diameter of the home planet because otherwise life has no chance, maybe life is even more likely on dual planet systems like Pluto and Cheron, maybe that's already too similar in size and life has no chance, maybe the median sentient creature in the universe has experienced a tide, or maybe not - anyways I dunno that much about exoplanets or astronomy in general so every thing I've said might be completely bonkers xD
It sounds more like the moon is just earth spare parts. Like when I put things back together. Always a bin of extras that hang around in the back of the truck, sliding around and what not.