Do you know, you can actually guess Moon Rise and Set Timing?

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Do you know, you can actually guess Moon Rise and Set Timing?


Just as the Sun rises and sets on the horizon each day, so does the Moon. The time of these events changes depending on the current
phase of the Moon. The Moon can be found as often during the day as often as it can be at night.
When a new moon arrives, the moonrise time is about the same time as sunrise time. Likewise, the moonset time is about the same as sunset time. 
• As it waxes to become a crescent moon, then half moon, then the gibbous moon, and onto a full moon, the Moon rises during the day (after sunrise), rising later and later every day, and sets during nighttime, later into the night with every passing night. 
• As the full moon approaches, the moonrise and moonset times progress such that the Moon rises at sunset and sets at sunrise. 
• As the Moon wanes, becoming a half moon, crescent moon, and returning again to a new moon, the Moon starts to rise during the night (after sunset), and sets during the day.
• Over time, the Moon rises so late that it rises around sunrise while setting at the same time as the sunset. Ultimately, the lunar cycle returns to a new moon all over again.

An estimate of the moonrise and moonset for each phase:

NOTE: Keep in mind that this is just an approximation meant to guide the casual observer, and there's no correction for daylight (or summer) time. The exact local time depends on a number of factors, including time zone, season, the shape of the horizon, atmospheric refraction, among other things.

Earthshine


Earthshine is a dull glow which lights up the unlit part of the Moon because the Sun’s light reflects off the Earth's surface and back onto the Moon. 
• Since the light that generates earthshine is reflected twice once off the Earth’s surface and then off the Moon’s surface, this light is much dimmer than the lit portion of the Moon. 
• Earthshine is most apparent one to five days before and after a New Moon. The best time of the day to see it is after sunset or before sunrise.

Earthshine is brightest when the lunar crescent is skinniest, in the days just after or before the new Moon. 
• It is also sometimes called ashen glow, the old Moon in the new Moon's arms, or the Da Vinci glow, after Leonardo da Vinci, who explained the phenomenon for the first time in recorded history. 
• This phenomenon is called planet-shine when it occurs on other planets' moons.
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