SERIOUS MOONLIGHT: An onlooker in Albury gazes at the halo which surrounded the moon on Friday night. The ring is water vapor high in the sky lit up by moonlight. Picture: MARK JESSER
Did you catch the eerie ring that surrounded the moon on Friday night?
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It wasn’t an omen of evil doings to come, but tiny moisture particles amplified by moonlight.
Astronomical Society of Albury-Wodonga president David Thurley said the lighting and amount of water vapor in the air needed to be just right for the halo to appear.
“It’s usually just very fine water vapor,” he said.
“Because of the position of the sun and the moon, you get that quite weird reflection and it appears to be a ring.
“They’re clouds, but not in the sense that you see a big white fluffy thing – just water vapour.”
Mr Thurley said such a ring around the moon usually meant rain was to come.
