With “Moonrise Kingdom,” the filmmaker is offering a grateful tribute to a happy relationship and to the redemptive power of love itself, which gives rise to a happy ending.

A brightening Moon limits deep-sky options, but this cluster never fails to disappoint: M13, the great globular in Hercules the Strongman.

Take November 2015 as an example. From 40° north latitude, the biggest lag in moonrise occurs with the waning gibbous Moon on the 30th, which rises 60 minutes later than it did the previous night.

"Moonrise's" material is based on a novel from "Psycho-Pass" writer Tou Ubukata, with animation hailing from WIT Studio, the artists who delivered "Attack on Titan" Seasons 1-3, "Spy x Family ...