Overview

Moonrise Moment helps you find the next visible moonrise from where you are standing. We do not sell personal information, we do not run advertising, and the app does not require an account.

We do collect limited telemetry so we can understand whether the app is working, which features are being used, and where crashes or errors happen.

Information You Provide

If you email us for support, feedback, or another request, we receive the information you choose to include in that message, such as your email address and the content of your note. If you join the beta through the public TestFlight link, Apple processes that TestFlight signup.

Location

The iOS app asks for location permission so it can calculate moonrise timing and direction for your current horizon. Your latitude and longitude are used on your device for those calculations.

The app does not send latitude or longitude to PostHog analytics. To estimate nearby terrain and horizon delay, the app may send nearby coordinate samples to the Open-Meteo elevation API. Open-Meteo may keep server logs for troubleshooting; their terms say these logs can include geographic coordinates and are deleted after 90 days.

Notifications and Live Activities

If you choose "Notify Me," the app schedules local moonrise alerts and may start or update a Live Activity for the countdown. You can use the app without enabling alerts. Notification preferences such as lead time and sound on/off are stored as app settings.

Telemetry and Analytics

Moonrise Moment uses PostHog in the iOS app. The current configuration records app lifecycle events, explicit screen views, selected app actions, and error information. Automatic element interaction capture and automatic screen capture are disabled, and PostHog session replay is turned off.

Examples of telemetry events include:

  • opening the app or completing onboarding
  • requesting location permission
  • refreshing moonrise data or encountering a refresh error
  • enabling, disabling, or testing a moonrise alert
  • opening the "Find It" moment screen

Event properties may include app settings and moonrise context such as alert lead time, sound preference, distance unit, north reference, whether daytime moonrises are included, moon phase, illumination percentage, bearing, altitude, terrain adjustment, and whether a demo location was used.

Website Analytics

The Moonrise Moment website does not currently include PostHog tracking code. The site is hosted by Vercel, so basic technical logs may be processed by our hosting provider to deliver the site, prevent abuse, and debug operational problems.

What We Do Not Collect

  • We do not require an account.
  • We do not sell your personal information.
  • We do not use advertising trackers.
  • We do not send your precise latitude or longitude to PostHog.
  • We do not intentionally collect sensitive personal information.

How We Use Information

We use information to:

  • provide moonrise timing, direction, horizon, notification, and Live Activity features
  • understand which features are useful
  • debug errors, crashes, and failed notifications
  • respond to support, beta, or feedback emails
  • protect the website and app from abuse or technical problems

Service Providers

We use a small number of service providers to operate Moonrise Moment:

  • Apple for iOS distribution, TestFlight, push notification infrastructure, and app platform services.
  • PostHog for app telemetry, analytics, and error tracking.
  • Open-Meteo for elevation data used to estimate terrain and horizon delay.
  • Vercel for website hosting.

Retention

App settings stay on your device unless you delete or reset the app. Analytics and operational logs are retained only as long as needed for product analytics, reliability, troubleshooting, security, or legal requirements.

Your Choices

You can deny or revoke location permission in iOS Settings. You can turn moonrise alerts off in the app or in iOS notification settings. You can delete the app to remove its locally stored settings from your device.

To ask about your information or request deletion of information you provided directly to us, email support@moonrisemoment.com.

Changes

We may update this policy as Moonrise Moment changes. If the app starts collecting materially different information, we will update this page.