Question

How do the moon's rise and set times correlate with phase? (Explain what causes the phases)​

Answer 1

The position of Moonrise and Moonset, like that of Sunrise and Sunset varies as the Earth goes around the Sun, but also with the phases of the Moon. Only on the equinoxes does the Sunrise/set at due East/West. At the solstices the position is its furthest South/North of East/West.