Hey raaaid, I kept my word and had a look at your affirmations. I am sorry to say you that I cannot answer your questions because you are mixing Science Fiction and Science.
I have not the time nor interest to read Verne's fiction again, so I can't say if he counted sunsets, moonsets or sheeps. Anyway I remember that Verne used a known fact tho give a thrill to their audience at the very last chapter.
That known fact is that you can cross timezones travelling, or in your own example, see more sunsets travelling eastwards that if you remain stationary. In fact I can write a fiction story now, where you travel so fast eastwards that you can see in the same timeframe 5 sunrises while I am still shaving myself and yawning.
I hope also that you realize also that moonrises and sunrises are 1) dephased, and 2) that they either happen or not happen (you can't see 0.75 moonrises right?).
So yes, it is possible that at
a given time, for two observers in different places the count of moonrises can be different,
even if both observers are stationary and close to each other, and even more, if the counted the same number of sunrises
That is no "bomb in archeoastronomy" man, maybe for some, but for international travellers is basic stuff.
If you don't mind I'll wait for your next one, this one I find no interesting.
Sorry!
Maybe you that like so much maths and strange coincidences of numbers, are interested in why we always see the same face of the moon? This question arose a few days with my friends and it was interesting to hear the answers.
P.S.:
16.03.2012
Valencia Moonrise 3:16 Sunrise 7:11
Madrid Moonrise 3:33 Sunrise 7:24