Anyone know how?  ???
Seems that the moon rises and sets at certain times depending on the season and the phase of the moon.
Does anyone here have a simple explanation (or good websites) on how to take advantage of this phenomena?

Thanks!

  There is a way, but it is somewhat unreliable. I will look it up in my notebooks and get back to you.
  By the way, you can also find North by the crecent moon.

in the summer time i can tell what time it is by the sun, but the moon messes me up.

A slinger and an Archer went on a camping trip. They put up their tent and went to bed.

In the middle of the night the slinger woke the archer. "Look at the stars, Archer, What do they tell you?"

The Archer gazed into the wondrous sky and said "They tell me In Directional Terms that I am in the Northern Hemisphere. Temporaly they say that it is a little after midnight, and late autumn. Astronomically they tell me that I am on a small body that is rotating on its axis and also around a point in space. Existentially they tell me that I am very small, and that my problems and concerns are meaningless in terms of the vastness of God's creation. Aesthetically they are very beautiful, and Meteorologically that there is likely to be a frost tomorrow. What do they tell YOU?"

The Slinger sighed."They tell me some bastard has nicked our tent"

Pat

There is a couple of different ways of doing it, depending on if you mean days or hours.
   The moon cycles every 28 1/4 days. As it does, it goes through phases. These phases occur at a predictable rate. So, using either the full or new moon as a base, you can tell the number of days that have gone by since the base. If you know the calender day that your base is on, you can then tell what day of the week it is.
   Now, for hours. First, you need to establish a North-South line. ( meridian). Then, wait for the moon to pass by the meridian, or in other words, be directly South.
     Now, the full moon passes directly South at midnight. It is possible, using a mathematical formula, to use the other phases passing the meridian to find out the time, but it  isn't something that can really be carried in our heads. There is a chart-graph available. Look up the phase the moon is in, and it will tell you how many minutes/hours before or after midnight that phase passes the meridian.
   Make sense?  This was common knowledge to navigators and astronomers even into the late 1800's.