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The moon takes up about 0.5 degrees in the sky. If from horizon to horizon is 180 degrees, and the moon takes about 12 hours to traverse the sky, then it moves 1 degree every 4 minutes (720 minutes/180 degrees). Therefore it takes 2 minutes to clear the horizon.
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