Moonrise & Moonset in Google Sheets & Excel

What this pulls

Get moon times by location. Returns moonrise, moonset and phase — Sheets or Excel.

It's one of 250+ live sources you reach with a single =VERVE() function — served from APIVerve's production data engine, billed at 1 credit per resolved cell, and refreshed on whatever cadence you set. No API keys to wrangle, no scripts, no exports.

See it in a cell

A real example — the input you type, and the values you can pull from it. Click any cell to see the formula behind it.

moonrisemoonset.xlsxsample data

C2fx=VERVE("moonrisemoonset", A2, B2, "field", "coordinates.latitude")

Lat

Lon

Coordinates › Latitude

Coordinates › Longitude

Moonrise

37.7749

-122.4194

37.7749

-122.4194

2025-12-16T12:24:41.532Z

click any cell to see its formula1 credit / cell

Ways to use it

Conditions per location

Put your cities in a column and fill =VERVE("moonrisemoonset", 37.7749, -122.4194, "field", "coordinates.latitude") beside them — every row shows live conditions, so an ops or travel sheet reflects the real world, not last week.

Logistics & scheduling

Gate a plan on the weather: read the forecast into a cell and let an IF formula flag rows that need a backup date.

Auto-refreshing board

Set the sheet to refresh on a schedule and Moonrise & Moonset keeps a status board current without anyone re-typing a thing.

Use it in your sheet

The same function works in both apps — install once, sign in with your key, and type it into any cell.

Google SheetsAdd-on

Install from the Workspace Marketplace, then drop the formula into a cell. Autocomplete suggests the source and its fields.

=VERVE("moonrisemoonset", 37.7749, -122.4194, "field", "coordinates.latitude")

Microsoft ExcelAdd-in

Same source, same arguments, same key — in Excel on desktop, the web, or mobile. Excel namespaces it as VERVE.CALL. Drag to fill a whole column.

=VERVE.CALL("moonrisemoonset", 37.7749, -122.4194, "field", "coordinates.latitude")

Optional inputs

Tune the result by adding name=value before the field argument — in any order. Leave one out and its default applies.

datePremium
The date to get the moonrise and moonset times for (MM-dd-yyyy)
=VERVE("moonrisemoonset", 37.7749, -122.4194, "date", "01-16-2026")

Fields you can pull

Add a field name as the last argument to land just that value in the cell.

Coordinates › Latitude
=VERVE("moonrisemoonset", 37.7749, -122.4194, "field", "coordinates.latitude")
Coordinates › Longitude
=VERVE("moonrisemoonset", 37.7749, -122.4194, "field", "coordinates.longitude")
PhasePremium
=VERVE("moonrisemoonset", 37.7749, -122.4194, "field", "phase")
Moonrise
=VERVE("moonrisemoonset", 37.7749, -122.4194, "field", "moonrise")
Moonset
=VERVE("moonrisemoonset", 37.7749, -122.4194, "field", "moonset")
Moon Always UpPremium
=VERVE("moonrisemoonset", 37.7749, -122.4194, "field", "moonAlwaysUp")
Moon Always DownPremium
=VERVE("moonrisemoonset", 37.7749, -122.4194, "field", "moonAlwaysDown")

Premium marks data included on paid plans. On the Free plan a marked field is withheld and a marked input is ignored — either way the cell reads #PREMIUM(name) instead of a value, so a gated answer can never be mistaken for a real one. Everything unmarked works on every plan. Compare plans

Moonrise & Moonset, answered

Everything you need to wire it into a sheet.

How do I pull Moonrise & Moonset into Google Sheets?

Install the VerveSheets add-on, sign in once with your key, and type =VERVE("moonrisemoonset", 37.7749, -122.4194, "field", "coordinates.latitude") into any cell. The "field" argument names the value you want back, so the cell resolves to a single number or string you can chart, sort, or feed into another formula.

What data can I pull from Moonrise & Moonset?

Moonrise & Moonset returns coordinates.latitude, coordinates.longitude, moonrise and moonset — name any one of them as the "field" argument and that value lands in the cell. Leave the field out and the whole record spills into a two-column table instead.

Can I narrow what Moonrise & Moonset returns?

Yes — Moonrise & Moonset takes "date" as optional inputs. They go in as "name", value pairs after the required ones, in any order, so =VERVE("moonrisemoonset", 37.7749, -122.4194, "date", "01-16-2026") shapes the result without changing anything else.

Which Moonrise & Moonset fields need a paid plan?

phase, moonAlwaysUp and moonAlwaysDown are included from the Starter plan up. On the Free plan the cell returns #PREMIUM(field) rather than a wrong or empty value, so it's always obvious which one to upgrade for. Every other field works on Free.

Can I fill a whole column of Moonrise & Moonset at once?

Yes. Put your lat values down a column and point the formula at the range — A2:A50 instead of A2 — and one call returns a value for every row. Dragging the formula down works too, but the range form is a single billed call per column rather than one per cell.

How many credits does each Moonrise & Moonset cell cost?

Each resolved cell costs 1 credit. A cell only re-bills when it actually refreshes, so a sheet you aren't touching doesn't keep charging.

Does Moonrise & Moonset work in Excel as well as Google Sheets?

Yes — same arguments, same key, same fields. Excel namespaces custom functions, so the call is =VERVE.CALL() there and =VERVE() in Google Sheets; nothing else about it changes.

Moonrise & Moonset

Conditions per location

Logistics & scheduling

Auto-refreshing board

Moonrise & Moonset, answered

Put Moonrise & Moonset in your next spreadsheet. Add the extension, paste the formula, and the cell keeps itself current.

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