Wednesday’s moon was in the waning gibbous stage, with an illumination of 89%. The next full moon with 100% illumination is on Sunday, Dec. 15. The December full moon is known as the Cold Moon.

The next full moon is Saturday, Aug. 9, and is sometimes called the Sturgeon Moon. It gets that name from when "The Great ...

A ring around the moon is caused by light refracting off ice crystals. It’s also known as a 22-degree halo because the light passing through the ice crystals is bent at a 22-degree angle.

You may have noticed the ring around the moon Saturday night. In fact, we received a lot of pictures of it through WRAL Weather Watchers. When I posted the picture to Facebook, there were a number ...

Known as a moon ring, a winter halo, or a 22-degree halo, it's when "ice crystals suspended high above in thin wispy cirrus clouds refract the moon's light to form a perfect circle," Meteorologist ...

Experts say that rings around the moon can pop up from time to time, but have you ever seen one in Denver? On Sunday night, between 9:15 and 9:35 p.m., a lunar halo appeared above the metro area ...

The full moon is half a degree, so the ring around the moon will encompass an area 44 times bigger than the moon. This is because the crystals bend the light at a 22-degree angle from their ...

Wednesday night’s online chatter among some High Desert residents included the question, “What’s up with the ring around the moon?” Some speculated that the ring was possibly a “portal to heaven,” ...

Wednesday’s moon was in the waning gibbous stage, with an illumination of 89%. The next full moon with 100% illumination is on Sunday, Dec. 15. The December full moon is known as the Cold Moon.