Moon halo?

guangwei · Post by **guangwei** » Sat Nov 28, 2009 8:16 pm

Hi, just now when i looked at the moon, i notice a very big and obvious circle around it.
Is it called a moon halo? or is it some sort of reflection.

hommel · Post by **hommel** » Sat Nov 28, 2009 9:08 pm

Its also known as a Moon Dog.

guangwei · Post by **guangwei** » Sat Nov 28, 2009 9:12 pm

Really? I only heard of a sun dog hahaha!

aquilaa · Post by **aquilaa** » Sun Nov 29, 2009 11:44 pm

Is it look like this?
This is call Moon corona. Lunar coronas are produced by high thin clouds.
The Moon was overexposed to show the corona, the spot at upper left corner is Jupiter.

guangwei · Post by **guangwei** » Mon Nov 30, 2009 2:59 pm

hmmm not like that.. that time i saw was 10time bigger and it's like a big ring around the moon. [smilie=admire.gif]

aquilaa · Post by **aquilaa** » Mon Nov 30, 2009 4:28 pm

guangwei wrote:hmmm not like that.. that time i saw was 10time bigger and it's like a big ring around the moon.

That should be Moon halo, not corona. Moon coronas have smaller diameter than Moon halo.

kirbyong · Post by **kirbyong** » Mon Nov 30, 2009 10:09 pm

yup i saw it too. saw it while jogging so no photos to account.
was an awesome sight ;)

hommel · Post by **hommel** » Tue Dec 01, 2009 9:45 am

Rings around the moon

This is what you saw?

guangwei · Post by **guangwei** » Tue Dec 01, 2009 3:17 pm