There was a growing light in the sky that follows the darkness of moonset and runs before the break of dawn. |
For night VFR flights, not only moonrise and moonset, but also the illumination resulting from the moon phase is important. |
The ideal viewing conditions would be under a covered sky during a new moon or before moonrise or after moonset. |
Indeed a partial lunar eclipse could be seen from New England, early in the morning on May 18, although only at moonset. |
This was the direction of the moonset at its southernmost point in the lunar cycle. |
From atop her horse she could see two figures at a window, midway up the building, one distinctly older than the other, watching the moonset. |