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moonrise

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Moonrise (noun) means the moment the Moon first appears above the horizon.

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The moment the Moon first appears above the horizon.

"“We have a beautiful moonrise and we’re headed right at it,” said Reid Wiseman, the NASA astronaut who is the commander of the mission, as the crew headed into space." — Kenneth Chang, Artemis II Completes First Day of Its NASA Lunar Mission (2026)

"Rain on Rahoon falls softly, softly falling Where my dark lover lies. Sad is his voice that calls me, sadly calling At grey moonrise." — James Joyce, She Weeps over Rahoon (1917)

"Moonrise over the hills above Settle." — , Settle under starlight (2021)

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