Lucky you! .."went outside & noticed..." I planned, and I made notes, and I selected 3 locations along a road where the terrain differs so I had 3 opportunities to catch it rising! To no avail... I could see a pinkish area as it began to rise above the sea, hidden by a cloud bank... The breezes kept the mosquitos at bay, but blew heavy cloud cover across Lunenburg, and that was the end of my opportunity! It'll rise later tonight, but I will give it another go...
@Weezilou usually by the time it gets over these trees, it isn't much bigger than higher in the sky. Whenever I make the effort to go to the beach for the moonrise, almost always there is a cloud bank along the horizon.