For weather enthusiasts, these lunar halos are both a visual treat and a clue to what’s happening miles above our heads. Let’s unravel the science and wonder behind how halos form around the moon.

Unlike rings around the moon, solar halos exhibit more of a red hue inside their ring and blue outside it. Lunar Halo Look-Alikes Lunar halos aren’t the only rings you’ll find encircling the moon.

A lunar halo, or ring around the moon, is more frequently seen than other lunar sights. Learn what causes it and when to spot one in the night sky.

The result is that light traveling from the moon to your eye detours through the ice crystals and ends up 22 degrees away from where it started. This forms a glowing halo around the moon.

Halos are often the result of ice crystals in cirrus clouds. When moon or sunlight shines through these crystals, the light refracts or bends. In this case, it does so at an angle of 22° relative ...

These halos form when the moon (or sun during the day) light refracts or bends when passing through ice crystals. This refraction is similar to when you see a “rainbow” on your house’s floor ...

Like a rainbow, the striking moon ring is caused by a refraction, or splitting of light, and also by a reflection of moonlight from tiny ice crystals in Earth's atmosphere, according to Earth Sky ...

Experts say that rings around the moon can pop up from time to time, but have you ever seen one in Denver? On Sunday night, between 9:15 and 9:35 p.m., a lunar halo appeared above the metro area.

White sunlight, scattered by Earth’s atmosphere, is diffracted into a circular rainbow around Earth. At the peak of a lunar eclipse, the moon moves into the center of this circle and red ...

ST. LOUIS – Have you ever looked up at the night sky and saw a clear ring around the moon? You’re not dreaming—it actually happens. As a burst of cold air is expected to make its way into ...