Definition of "moonset" [moon•set]

• The event or time of the disappearance of the moon below the western horizon. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "That is why they stand on their feet from sunrise to moonset working hard, feeling worry and responsible."
• "Instead I gasped, and was stopped in my tracks, as my eyes feasted on the sight of the most beautiful moonset I had ever seen."
• "“Moonrise north, moonset south, bind her limbs and silence her mouth.”"