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moonset

[ moon-set ]

noun

  1. the setting of the moon below the horizon.
  2. the time at which the moon disappears below the horizon.


moonset

/ ˈmuːnˌsɛt /

noun

  1. the moment when the moon disappears below the horizon
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of moonset1

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

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

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.

There was a growing light in the sky that follows the darkness of moonset and runs before the break of dawn.

Then soon was it midnight, and moonset, as we wended Down to the ship, and the merchant-folks' babble.

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