The phenomenon of the ringed moon

Date: 12 October 2022
Wednesday

There was a spectacular phenomena last night that I hadn't witnessed in a while. The rainbow's colors can just barely be seen on the white circle that encircles the moon. Where I live for a very long time I can't see the moon because recently bad weather has caused the moon to be invisible. So I took the initiative to capture this rare phenomenon.

Halo rings, glorioles, and icebows are other names for the rainbow ring that encircles the moon.

An optical phenomena called a ring halo sometimes appears around other light sources like lamps and takes the shape of a 22-degree wide circle of light around the moon or sun.

The ringed moon cannot just appear, according to science. The moon halo phenomenon is caused by ice crystals in Cirrus clouds reflecting sunlight like prisms.The stray light seems to circle the sun in the shape of a rainbow.

The contrast effect is what causes the area between the sun and the ring to be black. The ring has a diameter of around 22 degrees. Halo can also happen in the area of the moon on nights when it is full.

Cirrus clouds can develop ice crystals under extremely cold circumstances. The Halo effect can be seen in regions when cirrus clouds are blocking the light. No correlation exists between the Halo phenomenon and warnings of an earthquake or other natural calamity.

Because many people around me think that if this happens it means that a natural disaster will occur, but in fact it is just a myth.