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Moon dog

This article is about the optical phenomenon. For other uses, see Moondog (disambiguation).
Pair of moon dogs
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Partial Moon dog seen from Hillspeak, Shimla, Lower Himalayas.

A moon dog (or moondog) or mock moon, also called a paraselene[1] (plural paraselenae) in meteorology, is an atmospheric optical phenomenon that consists of a bright spot to one or both sides of the Moon. They are exactly analogous to sun dogs.

A member of the halo family, moon dogs are caused by the refraction of moonlight by hexagonal-plate-shaped ice crystals in cirrus clouds or cirrostratus clouds. They typically appear as a pair of faint patches of light, at around 22° to the left and right of the Moon, and at the same altitude above the horizon as the Moon. They may also appear alongside 22° halos.[2]

Moon dogs are rarer than sun dogs because the Moon must be bright, about quarter moon or more, for the moon dogs to be observed. Moon dogs show little color to the unaided human eye because their light is not bright enough to activate the eye's cone cells.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Definition of paraselene". Collins English Dictionary.
  2. ^ Lisle, Jason. The Stargazer's Guide to the Night Sky. p. 83.
  3. ^ "Moon Dogs, Paraselenae, Parselenae". atoptics.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-06-14.


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