"Navigator" wrote in message
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Excellent informative answer at last. Just to add to your post, at the
equator I think the moon takes about 12 1/2 hours from rise to set.


Excellent, indeed.

The time at the equator is not constant, though it does vary less than at high
latitudes. Of course, at very high latitudes, the moon can stay above or below
the horizon for several days at a time. Guess how long its up at the North
Pole.