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Moon with colorful aura [OC]

Is there a name for when a nearly full moon shines through the clouds at night and produces a rainbow-like aura? A moonbow perhaps?

#moon #night #clouds #aura #rainbow #sky #smartphonepic

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[–] NeverNudeNo13@lemmings.world 10 points 1 year ago

Called a moonbow

[–] Ferris@infosec.pub 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I think 22deg lunar halo, though it is diffused into a rainbow

*definitely a lunar carona vv