moonset

[ moon-set ]

noun
  1. the setting of the moon below the horizon.

  2. the time at which the moon disappears below the horizon.

Origin of moonset

1
First recorded in 1835–45; moon + (sun)set

Words Nearby moonset

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How to use moonset in a sentence

  • It is ten leagues to Ensenada from here, and we must do it between moonset and daylight, or they will catch us.

    Lone Pine | R. B. (Richard Baxter) Townshend
  • That is to say, it cannot have been more than an hour after sunrise, and it cannot have been more than an hour before moonset.

    The Astronomy of the Bible | E. Walter Maunder
  • There was a growing light in the sky that follows the darkness of moonset and runs before the break of dawn.

    Vanguards of the Plains | Margaret McCarter
  • Then soon was it midnight, and moonset, as we wended Down to the ship, and the merchant-folks' babble.

British Dictionary definitions for moonset

moonset

/ (ˈmuːnˌsɛt) /


noun
  1. the moment when the moon disappears below the horizon

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