TONIGHT in India, witness a spectacular 22° Moon Halo — a luminous ring of light encircling the waxing gibbous Moon above the iconic Taj Mahal! 🌙✨ This atmospheric optics phenomenon occurs when moonlight refracts through hexagonal ice crystals in high cirrus clouds 20,000 feet overhead, creating a perfect circle 44 degrees wide. The halo's appearance often signals weather changes within 24-48 hours as cirrus clouds precede weather systems. Ancient observers called these "Moon rings" and used th

An extremely rare atmospheric phenomenon created the illusion of four moons in the night sky over Russia’s St. Petersburg on January 31 and February 1. Scientists explained that the sight was caused by a paraselene, also known as a mock moon. The rare lunar halo phenomenon occurs when moonlight passes through plate-shaped ice crystals in high-altitude cirrus clouds, bending light at a 22-degree angle. Exceptionally favorable conditions produced two mock moons on each side of the real Moon. Astro

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Moon timelapse 10/5 | Srikanth Boga Photography