Furthermore, the Moon mirrors the movement of the Sun in the sky by rising and setting at the same point on the horizon as the Sun does at opposite solstices. For example, this means the Moon rises at midwinter at the same place the Sun does at midsummer.

There is no logical reason why the Moon mimics the Sun in this way and it is only meaningful to a human standing on the Earth."

If you follow the earths orbit around the sun, it creates an ellipse. If you in the ellipse, it will create a flat planar surface. You can do the same thing for the moon as it revolves around the earth. Both the earth's orbit around the sun, and the moons orbit around the earth are located in the same plane. This is logical.

The earth has a tilt to it, which stays relatively consistent for a long period of time (several thousand years). New moons, are located on the side closest to the sun. These would rise and fall in the same spots as the sun does. Full moons are on the side furthest from the sun. These would rise and fall as if it was the opposite time of year.

It makes perfect sense. FYI, all solar objects are roughly in the same plane. They will all rise and fall along the same path that the sun makes (but this changes depending on the time of year, and location of the other object in relation to earth and the sun). Currently Saturn / Jupiter are very low on the horizon (similar to the sun in winter). If you wait a few years, they will be very high on the horizon (similar to the sun in summer).