Occam's Razor - Viewing the Moon.
With the Earth at a 23.5° axis tilt and the Moon having a 5° orbital tilt, the Moon can appear up to 28.5° N/S latitude (however DEF explains it - BTW, please do explain it in detail - angles within the Earth and Aether concentrations/properties needed to see the Moon 28.5° up - BTW, the Moon rotates and revolves/orbits(?) somehow around the Sun?)
Look at the combined pic below - outer topmost ring, right dot as the Moon. Observers are like the 2nd pic.
So, imagining a person on the N.hemidisk a few feet north of the equator looking at the Moon due north of them at maximum elogation ~28°. The light, per the DEF model, travels from the Moon inside the Earth somewhere "near the Sun," goes to the edge, swings around into the sky ~118° until it is ~62° up (facing north) for the observer who is perpendicular to the equator, then ~180° to the eye of the observer.
Now imagining another person on the S.hemidisk a few feet south of the equator looking at the Moon due north of them at the same time ~28° elogation. The light per the DEF model, travels from the Moon inside the Earth somewhere "near the Sun," goes to the edge, swings around into the sky ~118° until it is ~62° up (facing north) for the observer who is perpendicular to the equator, then ~180° past the first observer, bends ~152° around the edge of the equator, passes through the Earth bypassing the Aether pocket where the Moon is, bends another ~118° until it is ~62° (facing north) up then ~90° to the eye of the second observer.
**Hell, I don't even know if these angles are correct. What is confusing is an observer can look ~62° up north and south at different parts of the sky. YOU try to figure out the angles. Try to explain this to a child.
Per DEF - Moon shining light:

Per DEF - light travelling through the Earth:

Per DEF - combined:

Or per RET/heliocentric model, the Moon is in orbit around the Earth and people look straight at it. Try to explain this to a child.
Per RET/heliocentric model - Moon orbit and viewing from Earth:

Which is simpler?
Occam's Razor... DEF preferred over RET/heliocentric... right...