Edited Moon Orbit

By default, the moon rises very late in the night, and gets reset to a fixed point in the sky at midnight, causing all the shadows cast by the moonlight to jolt abruptly, and the moon to disappear from your screen if you happened to be looking at it. This doesn't eliminate the midnight reset, but it does make it much less jarring. The shadows don't jump as far, and the moon is high enough in the sky by midnight that you're extremely unlikely to see it abruptly disappear/teleport. Additionally, the moon rises earlier, meaning it's actually visible for a greater portion of the night.