diff --git a/examples/astro b/examples/astro
index 9b1aaf86..f3688853 100755
--- a/examples/astro
+++ b/examples/astro
@@ -32,6 +32,24 @@ EOF
 
 remind -g "-i\$Latitude=\"$latitude\"" "-i\$Longitude=\"$longitude\"" -q -@2 - "$@" <<'EOF'
 SET $AddBlankLines 0
+FSET angle_to_direction(x) \
+IIF(x > 348 && x <= 11, "North", \
+    x > 11 && x <= 34, "North North-East", \
+    x > 34 && x <= 56, "North-East", \
+    x > 56 && x <= 79, "East North-East", \
+    x > 79 && x <= 101, "East", \
+    x > 101 && x <= 124, "East South-East", \
+    x > 124 && x <= 146, "South-East", \
+    x > 146 && x <= 169, "South South-East", \
+    x > 169 && x <= 191, "South", \
+    x > 191 && x <= 214, "South South-West", \
+    x > 214 && x <= 236, "South-West", \
+    x > 236 && x <= 259, "West South-West", \
+    x > 259 && x <= 281, "West", \
+    x > 281 && x <= 304, "West North-West", \
+    x > 304 && x <= 326, "North-West", \
+    "North North-West")
+
 BANNER %
 IF $TerminalBackground == 0
    REM [moondatetime(0)] +60 SPECIAL COLOR 255 255 0 New moon:              🌑 [$T] %3 (%b)
@@ -44,6 +62,21 @@ ELSE
    REM [moondatetime(2)] +60 SPECIAL COLOR 0 0 0 Full moon:             🌕 [$T] %3 (%b)
    REM [moondatetime(3)] +60 SPECIAL COLOR 128 128 64 Last Quarter:          🌗 [$T] %3 (%b)
 ENDIF
+
+set mr moonrise()
+set ms moonset()
+set mr_a moonrisedir()
+set ms_a moonsetdir()
+
+IF mr < ms
+    REM NOQUEUE [mr] MSG The moon rises %3 in the [angle_to_direction(mr_a)] ([mr_a] degrees)
+    REM NOQUEUE [ms] MSG The moon sets  %3 in the [angle_to_direction(ms_a)] ([ms_a] degrees)
+ELSE
+    REM NOQUEUE [ms] MSG The moon sets  %3 in the [angle_to_direction(mr_a)] ([mr_a] degrees)
+    REM NOQUEUE [mr] MSG The moon rises %3 in the [angle_to_direction(ms_a)] ([ms_a] degrees)
+ENDIF
+REM MSG
+
 EOF
 
 echo ""