Has anyone ever seen a rainbow around the moon before?

[Red Squirrel]

Right now there is a double rainbow around the moon. It's so beautiful. OMG a double rainbow!

The pic does not do it justice at all. Wish I had a camera that allowed me to set the shutter speed and a tripod to go with it.

The moon is also incredibly bright tonight. I can actually see clear shadows from the trees and stuff.

 

[zerocool84]

Double rainbows or nothing

 

[TecHNooB]

I thought this was going to be a thread about pink elephants.

 

[shiner]

 

[Red Squirrel]

It's actually kinda like a double rainbow but you don't see it in the pic. There is a bigger but fainter one around. It's so beautiful. I can't believe it. A double rainbow. It's almost turning into a triple rainbow!

 

[janas19]

Right now there is a double rainbow around the moon. It's so beautiful. OMG a double rainbow!

The pic does not do it justice at all. Wish I had a camera that allowed me to set the shutter speed and a tripod to go with it.

The moon is also incredibly bright tonight. I can actually see clear shadows from the trees and stuff.

Just calm down... 😛

 

[Red Squirrel]

Duuuuuuude, it's a double rainbowwwww!

 

[IronWing]

Here are a couple shots I took a couple years ago.

 

[Ken g6]

Muh, muh, my (it's a) corona!

 

[davmat787]

Moisture in the air refracting moonlight?

 

[Red Squirrel]

Quite possibly as it's actually pretty hot out right now so that may have an effect on things. It's nearly at melting point. I've seen a ring around the moon before, but never an actual rainbow. It's quite something, and it's so bright!

 

[DrPizza]

It's called a halo or a glory.
Yes, I've seen them before. Ohhhh, maybe only about 50 times a year.
http://curious.astro.cornell.edu/question.php?number=79

Edit: ohh, you mean see it with color - yes, very often. The colors are generally there, but too faint to make out a lot of the time.

 

[Scouzer]

In my experience the most common cause of a bright halo around the moon is a widespread, fairly thin layer of Cirrostratus cloud. That's what I'd say is the case in pic 1.

 

[archiloco]

swamp gasses, hitting venus or something, lol

no but i have seen it around the sun too, it's an awesome sight

 

[BrokenVisage]

Well... what does it mean?

 

[IronWing]

Well... what does it mean?

Six more years of winter in New England.

 

[lxskllr]

http://i.imgur.com/xpBrN.png

That comic's pretty awesome :^D

 

[IcePickFreak]

Did you hear Dio singing in the distance?

A month or two ago we had something similar, it was extremely clear one night and the moon was just about full and there was a bright ring a bit further outside of the moon than your pics. To quote a buddy, it was a "boob moon."

 

[Braznor]

Hey, your moon looks like my moon!

 

[digiram]

Muh, muh, my (it's a) corona!

Is that where they got the name for the delicious mexican cerveza from? Next time I drink a Corona, all I'll be thinking about is "double rainbow' lol