midnight
`` The moon do n't rise there . '' `` Yes , '' said the farmer , `` that 's just about the place . '' `` Besides , '' said she , `` it is n't time for the moon to rise . It do n't rise now till midnight . '' He turned away , and walked slowly across the room , to where the almanac was hanging . He seemed very sleepy . He turned over the leaves , and then said , `` Moon rises -- eight hours and fifty minutes ; that is , -- let 's see , -- ten minutes before nine . ''