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  The phrase "It's darkest right before dawn" means that even though things may get worse, something better will come after.
  Thinking about his from the point of view of being that guy at LARPs who likes sneaking out at night, many (not all) times, I've found that moonlight can actually make nighttime somewhat manageable to walk around in, but if the moon goes down before the sun comes up, it does get darker before it gets lighter.
  I've actually had times where I was able to sneak around at night but I had to stop and sit down (in the bushes I was hiding from the "zombies" in) to wait for sunrise because the moon went down and it became too dark for me to safely navigate.
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  Moonrise makes it's way around the clock once a month. It rises near sunrise on a new moon, near noon or midnight on a half moon, and  near sunset on a full moon.
  So while it's true that moonlight sometimes goes away a little before the sun comes up, it's also true that moonlight sometimes only starts a little after the sun goes down. Any point in the night can be the darkest, moon-wise, depending on the phase of the moon. >
  
  True enough. That's why I said sometimes, which can funnily enough also apply to the original phrase since sometimes things don't have to get worse before they get better, even though it does happen other times.