If we consider a planet with the same characteristics as the earth, (diameter, mass, rotation period) what would be the maximum possible diameter of a moon on a geosynchronous orbit? Considering the Roche limit and other considerations of which I have no clue. This moon would be made of the same materials as our moon.
Context:
The fact is that a lot of things are due to chance, for example, in our reality, seen from the earth, the apparent size of the sun and the moon are similar, and this is absolutely due to chance.
In the same idea, an alternative earth could very well have a geosynchronous moon orbiting at 36'000km, whose apparent diameter would be (or not, hence the question of the upper size limit) the same as our moon.
If the configuration is stable and life appears despite the absence of tides, a sedentary civilization* could be born, evolve, and even reach great astronomical knowledge, without even knowing that the second most luminous celestial body after the sun, is simply not visible, unless you sail far enough to find it.
In a way, the moon could, by pure chance, be discovered after the other planets of the solar system.
Here is the idea behind the question.
*A civilization that does not feel the need to leave its island or continent.