noun
Etymology
Origin of moonrise
Example Sentences
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A few days after the next full moon on November 5, the Taurids should again be visible in the evening sky before moonrise.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2025
The moonrise turning Didi and Gogo into black, ghostly silhouettes is one such touch.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2025
Its most popular event — a full moon hike capped with yoga, a sound bath and stargazing — happens every month, timed to the moonrise, and often it draws dozens of newcomers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2025
Diana Houston said she got "nippy fingers" as she took this picture of moonrise at Loch an Eilein near Aviemore on Boxing Day.
From BBC ● Dec. 27, 2023
The hour of the owl, the hour of the wolf, the hour of the nightingale, moonrise and moonset, dusk and dawn, they staggered past like drunkards.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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