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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The event or time of the appearance of the upper circumferential edge of the moon as it rises above the horizon.

from The Century Dictionary.

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

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

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

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

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

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

moon +‎ rise

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