moonset

American  

[moon-set] / ˈmunˌsɛt /

noun

1. the setting of the moon below the horizon.

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

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moonset British  

/ ˈmuːnˌsɛt /

noun

1. the moment when the moon disappears below the horizon

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Etymology

Origin of moonset

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

Example Sentences

Moonset Past seven o'clock: time to be gone; Twelfth-night's over and dawn shivering up: A hasty cut of the loaf, a steaming cup, Down to the door, and there is Coachman John.

From Collected Poems 1897 - 1907, by Henry Newbolt by Newbolt, Henry John, Sir

"Three degrees on the starboard rockets, seventy-eight degrees on the up-plane of the ecliptic will put you at the corner of Luna Drive and Moonset Land in the heart of Luna City, spaceboy!" answered Roger.

From Stand by for Mars! by Glanzman, Louis

Moonset found me laboring up the road to the Lodge.

From A Maid of the Kentucky Hills by Litsey, Edwin Carlile