Arent Things Strange?

I was out in the yard a few nights ago and saw something very strange in the sky and no it was not a UFO, the moon started in a certain part of the sky when it rose was way over to the south later in the evening and then back in line with where it was when it was setting as it was when it was rising. and at 8 oclock at night when it is usually pitch black around these parts it looked like a predawn sky, has anybody else noticed these things or am I the only one who looks at the sky anymore?