On the day of a solar eclipse, at what time does the Moon rise ?

Answer 1

Officially, the moonrise is less than an hour before the sun.

I say officially, because you cannot see the new moon in the bright sky at all, no matter how hard you look. The illuminated part of the lunar disc is too slim to be seen. Only when it begins to block the sun can its presence be noticed.

If the eclipse occurs near sundown where you are, moonrise may take place some time before the sun. The moon will move over the course of the day until its path intersects with the sun's. If the eclipse occurs near sunrise where you are, moonise will occur at nearly the same moment as the sun.

If the eclipse occurs at, say, the south pole, the moon will be nearly an earth's width from the north pole, so the official times of the moon's rise may vary considerably from those of sunrise at high latitudes in the opposite hemisphere.

Answer 2

Pretty much the same time as the sun. A solar eclipse happens when the moon is directly between the earth and sun and blocks the sunlight.

Answer 3

It all really depends on what time the eclipse is to occur...
The moon will rise before the Sun, and its apparent motion in the sky will carry it in front of the Sun as the day progresses...
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Answer 4

If you could see it, it would be within an hour of the sun.