just seen my first ever moon halo!

[Spec-Chum]

Just nipped outside for a cig and noticed a ring of light around the moon so googled it and It's a moon halo.

Never seen one before! Well impressed!

[dtr42]

thyere nice aint they wait till you see a moonbow thats even nicer

[Matt Scunthorpe]

Im going to have to look out for this when i next look up.

[nicks90]

i went outside for a cig and saw the same and my first thought wasnt 'oh thats pretty', but 'damn viewings rubbish tonight'......

i have the bug

[EBXL5]

Saw my first last night whilst looking at Jupiter, pretty cool effect.

[Michaelo]

I've only ever seen this on one occasion (~Nov 2012)... thought I was loosing it as I never heard of this before...

Some years back while driving to Offaly from Dublin on a winters night, I saw what appeared to be a huge tornado, it was a couple of miles from the ground...

I watched it a long time being directly in my path and only lost sight when I turned south...

It pays to look up now and again... (and carrying a camera)

[DonRemus]

Is this the smoker's section lol? The whole reason I am here is because I pop out to the back garden for one and end up looking around the sky when clear - the one good thing from smoking I suppose!

Never seen a moon halo but will keep looking.

[bejay1957]

Sadly a halo is an indicator of a weather front on the way - rain in 12-24 hrs...

[Spec-Chum]

Indeed Don, my binos are always right by the back door lol

[r3i]

thyere nice aint they wait till you see a moonbow thats even nicer

I saw a moonbow a few years ago, an amazing sight.

[tingting44]

ive never even heard of a moonbow lol or a moon halo let alone seen them sounds great tho1!!

[Delboy_Hog]

They are spectacular - I was fortunate enough to see a moonbow a couple of years back when i was down in Cornwall with my family. We'd all piled outside to see an extremely bright passing of the space station, and just happened to glance at the hill opposite from where we expected the ISS to appear and there it was. Best way to describe it is as a ghostly rainbow, and in the dim light, more white than the colourful equivalent we see in the day. Took us a while (and a bit of googling) to figure out what it must be, but hope I get to see one again some day. Didn't have any equipment to hand but would have loved a camera to capture it, it was absolutely beautiful.

[northwalesparry]

Just nipped outside for a cig and noticed a ring of light around the moon so googled it and It's a moon halo.

Never seen one before! Well impressed!

I saw one on 23rd dec 10.30pm very cool but i didnt have my camera.