It emits its signal just as the sun rises above the moon horizon. The monolith on the moon was a signal beacon to the unseen advanced civilization. The proportions of the monolith are 1 x 4 x 9, or (1 2) x (2 2) x (3 2). The four-million year jump goes from a bone (weapon) to an orbiting nuclear bomb (evolution of a weapon). There is a match cut when Dan Richter's ape throws the bone in the air. Some additional trivia about the story and the movie: The psychedelic light show before that represents the vast knowledge being given to him by the monolith, which our minds can't even comprehend (and also, possibly, him being transported across enormous oceans of time and space). Finally, Dave reaches the third monolith and is transformed into the next stage of human evolution, the Star Child seen in the final shot. Next, the one on the moon pointed us farther out into space, toward Jupiter (and may have given us the ability to create artificial intelligence i.e., HAL, which was another massive leap in technology).
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The first encounter with a monolith gave our ancient ancestors the knowledge of how to use tools. The black monolith you saw in the beginning of the film, and the one found buried on the moon, were placed there by a supremely advanced alien race as a way to nudge along the evolution of humanity. The book explains things more explicitly, but I read it years ago. The ending is largely symbolic, so take all of this with a grain of salt.
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