The Moon just now (pic)

[Tsukiko]

Walking this evening we noticed this wide circle around the moon so I whipped my phone out and managed to reproduce it, thankfully. I was quite excited, wondering what the heck it was until DP suggested it was connected to the frost, or something...
I am in Lancashire at the moment.
Can anyone else see this in the sky right now?

Not far from Heathrow just now.

I've seen halos round the moon loads of times, but this huge clear circle round the moon??? Never seen it before! It's amazing!

Apparently moon halos are most often 22 degrees, because the light is refracting through ice crystals in very high cirrus clouds. Those ice crystals are almost always hexagonal, hence the 22 degrees. Sometimes they can be more than 22 degrees, but quite rare.

Just stepped out of my door and can just about make it out here in South Manchester

the ring is called a corona

Lately I've been fascinated by the moon (current bedtime reading is 'Moonology') - so glad I spotted this thread! Had to nip out from bed to take a photo - in West Midlands

Surrey, just now. 😀

Managed to hang out my window and get a fairly blurry photo but love seeing things like that

Lovely pics everyone, the moon is beautiful tonight

I had to get out of bed to go check this out because I love the moon and omg how beautiful!!!!

Can someone tell me what the bluish blob below the moon is please? Didn't seem to appear where we are but it's on quite a few photos.

The bright thing near to the moon that looks like a star is Jupiter

Sorry I've just looked back at some of the pictures and I see what you mean - the bluish thing is reflection on the camera lens

I just hung out my window. Am in Scotland

Lancashire, five minutes ago

Blackpool a few hours ago. Stunning

Fife here a few hours ago

I always thought Jupiter in December was the Christmas star as a child 🥰

Lovely photos on this thread! I just stepped out onto the balcony (-2, brr) to see if I could spot it, but I think it's gone behind the house (we face SE-ish and have a bloody great mountain behind us!). I'll look tomorrow. Or am I too far south? In Eastern France, near the Swiss border. Definitely cold here!

Manchester here, we were out earlier and took a photo because it was interesting :)

Jupiter...wishing I had a telescope!

 

West Sussex around midnight



Great to see more pictures, thanks everyone! I get quite excited about these things.

So, so beautiful