Lunar Rainbow 🌈
moonbow Moonbows or lunar rainbows are rare natural atmospheric phenomena that occur when the Moon’s light is reflected and refracted off water droplets in the air. Faint moonbow seen over Yosemite Falls ©iStockphoto.com/Yenwen Lu Moonbows are similar to rainbows, but they are created by moonlight instead of direct sunlight. Rarer Than Rainbows Moonbows are rarer than rainbows because a variety of weather and astronomical conditions have to be just right for them to be created. The Moon has to be very low in the sky – no more than 42 degrees from the horizon. The Moon phase has to be a Full Moon or nearly full Water droplets must be present in the air in the opposite direction of the moo...