The Moon's Influences

Hi Elizabeth I have been wondering ever since you told us about what the moon really is, and the fact that it is not a 'naturally created' phenomenon in the galaxy, So how come it still seems to have such an influence on many things here on planet earth? Like the tides, people's, animals and plants moods, cycles, growing rates etc, women's menstrual cycles? Or have all of these things only been attributed to the moon, but are not really connected?