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n. The event or time of the appearance of the moon above the eastern horizon.

n. The time of day or night when the moon begins to rise over the horizon.

n. The rising of the moon above the horizon; also, the time of its rising.

n. The rising of the moon, or its appearance above the horizon.

"It was night, and she must have lain some time there all alone, for there was a silvery, misty something through the darkness, the white dawn of moonrise, which is not like the dawn of day, nor like the departing twilight."

sunrise    earthrise   

sundown    moondust    bedtime    sunup    gold-tinged