"Higgs told me," he said, "that he was to be thrown to the lions two hours after moonrise, which is within fifteen minutes or so.    From Wordnik.com.  [Queen Sheba's Ring] Reference

It had been moonrise when he arrived at Montabard.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Falcons of Montabard]

Another moonrise shot from earlier in the month.    From Wordnik.com.  [grouse Diary Entry] Reference

Why wait 'til past moonrise to make yourself known?.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Fiery Cross]

There would be a late moonrise tonight, she thought.    From Wordnik.com.  [A World Called Crimson] Reference

I chose that because moonrise is nine-thirty three. '.    From Wordnik.com.  [Operation Sea Lion]

And the sunset and the moonrise were mingled into one!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Poems Teachers Ask For Selected by readers of "Normal Instructor-Primary Plans"] Reference

They were walking between the sunset and the moonrise.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Pair of Blue Eyes] Reference

The grey rock opens five minutes after upon the moonrise.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Moon Pool] Reference

That Koris might be right they had proof before moonrise.    From Wordnik.com.  [Web Of The Witch World]

Maung Yet resolved to do so; they would start at moonrise.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chatterbox, 1905.] Reference

It was decided that they would not start to war until moonrise.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stories the Iroquois Tell Their Children] Reference

That is love in its moonrise, not its sunrise stage: yet you see.    From Wordnik.com.  [An Englishwoman's Love-Letters] Reference

And now we part, to meet again at the foot of the valley at moonrise.    From Wordnik.com.  [Conan of Cimmeria]

Their songs were still pure, though, as haunting as an autumn moonrise.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dancer's Illusion]

My aide for the day left shortly after moonrise, for his long drive home.    From Wordnik.com.  [grouse Diary Entry] Reference

(Reading) She watched the sunset, beautiful sunset, too, and the moonrise.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Cat's Tale Hits Home in 'Nini, Here and There'] Reference

Sunset, midnight, moonrise, or moonset seemed to be the most often chosen.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Robin And The Kestrel]

A sleeping man would miss the best of the evening, and the moonrise as well.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lonesome Dove]

"I do not need until moonrise," he said, in a tone that made her heart usore.    From Wordnik.com.  [Winds Of Fate]

We've got to send word that Unc 'Jep will meet him at moonrise and talk to him.    From Wordnik.com.  [Judith of the Cumberlands] Reference

So I seek the nearest, and if water is there, by moonrise I will be here again.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Rip Van Winkle Of The Kalahari Seven Tales of South-West Africa] Reference

Such a moment was theirs, the perfect hour of moonrise on a calm and empty sea.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Nest Builder] Reference

(She would pull her children from bed to look at a particularly beautiful moonrise.).    From Wordnik.com.  [Raising Obama] Reference

The sun had already set in all its glory, giving way to the blackness before moonrise.    From Wordnik.com.  [From This Beloved Hour]

Even as she listened, a rule changed, modifying the game like moonrise modifying night.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fire Dancer]

I carefully wrapped her in my jacket, and sat down beside her to wait for the moonrise.    From Wordnik.com.  [Science Fiction Hall of Fame]

The other three turned back at moonrise; Gwyna kept the ponies moving on, to the north.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Lark And The Wren]

I am waiting for no blue-moonrise now: my heart has not a wish which you do not fulfill.    From Wordnik.com.  [An Englishwoman's Love-Letters] Reference

The eastern rim of the canyon was lined with a faint silvery fire that marked the moonrise.    From Wordnik.com.  [Conan the Wanderer]

Three nights has the same thing happened, violent all day then quiet from moonrise to sunrise.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dracula] Reference

The tale was a long time in the telling, and it was well past moonrise before they finished it.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Robin And The Kestrel]

Periods of sunrise and sunset, moon phase, moonrise and moonset, and twilight must be considered.    From Wordnik.com.  [FM 7-85 Chapter 6 Special Light Infantry Operations]

Even as they did so, they saw on the top of the hill something small and dark against the glimmer of the moonrise.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Fellowship of the Ring]

And moonrise over Afghanistan -- just one of the many compelling images that you'll want to see in today's Hot Shots.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 28, 2009] Reference

But when yer on a long watch with a feller, an 'got ter see him from sunup ter moonrise, it's better ter overlook a lot o' things.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ted Strong's Motor Car] Reference