[kevinkevin]

  I just got back from Hawaii and I am hoping that this quick observation was somehow not correct, possible due to to an incorrect clock because of the time change or possibly just tiredness. I saw the moon one night and then when I saw the moon the next night it was closer to setting at an earlier time than before.  I thought that the moon sets "later" with each passing night but I just observed it setting "earlier" the next night.  Was this just a quick careless mistake considering it was just on a side note I observed it or is there a gross misunderstanding in my knowledge of moon motion.       

[Borek]

I guess as long as you have no solid data (ie notes with exact position and hour) you don't have much to worry about. As far as I can tell every night Moon looks "late" when compared to its position the night before. I had this refreshed in the last weeks as I had plenty of time and nothing better to do than observe the Moon while walking back to the camping place