moonset
Moon goes down
Moonset is when the moon descends below the horizon, the lunar counterpart to sunset.
The word appears in astronomical contexts and poetic descriptions of night ending: We watched the moonset from the beach.
Less commonly used than sunrise or sunset, since fewer people are awake to observe it.
Of the moon
- celestialOf the sky above
- horizonApparent earth-sky meeting
- crescentCurved sickle-like arc
- waningGradually decreasing in intensity
gibbous · waxing · fullmoon · eclipse · orbit · phases · syzygy · perigee
Dimming after sundown
- gloamingPoetic term for dusk
- afterglowLingering light or feeling
- eventideArchaic term for dusk
- dimmingDecreasing in brightness
crepuscule · vesper · darkening · predawn · starlight · evenfall · blue hour · nightfall
Leave-taking expression
- conclusionEnd or deduction
- closureSense of emotional resolution
- cessationA full stopping
- finalityState of conclusive completion
valediction · departure · passing · fading · vanishing · disappearing · descent · sinking
Undisturbed mental quietude
- stillnessComplete lack of motion
- quietudeState of calm stillness
- placidityState of undisturbed calm
- reposePeaceful stillness or calm
hush · quiescence · restfulness · silence · calm · contemplation · meditation · solitude
lunar
Of the moon
waning · gibbous · waxing · fullmoon · eclipse · orbit · phases · syzygy · perigee · apogee
dusk
Dimming after sundown
dimming · crepuscule · vesper · darkening · predawn · starlight · evenfall · blue hour · nightfall · fading
farewell
Leave-taking expression
- conclusionEnd or deduction
- closureSense of emotional resolution
- cessationA full stopping
finality · valediction · departure · passing · fading · vanishing · disappearing · descent · sinking · last light
serenity
Undisturbed mental quietude
repose · hush · quiescence · restfulness · silence · calm · contemplation · meditation · solitude · peaceful
- night skystars, constellations, shooting stars, constellation, meteor
- moonlunar, luna, moonbeam, crescent, waxing
- Nightstars, starlight, midnight, night sky, darkness
- skyclouds, blue sky, cloud, sun, stars
- nighttime thingsdarkness, starlight, midnight, dusk, twilight
- Moon Lorelunar cycle, Luna, Selene, Artemis, Diana