Posted: Oct 29, 2016 9:56 pm
Weaver wrote:
No, they do not have any relationship with orbital distance. Moon phase is a purely angular relationship between the Sun and the Moon as observed from Earth. Orbital distance variations occur irrespective of moon phases.
Yep, that's what i was getting at. If moon phase is independent of moon distance then moon phase is independent of moon induced gravity and moon phase can't reflect soil moisture.