A moon dog, or mock moon, also called a paraselene in meteorology, is an atmospheric optical phenomenon consisting of a bright spot to one or both sides of the Moon. It is exactly analogous to a sun dog, the same halo effect produced by moonlight instead of sunlight. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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A moon dog (or moondog) or mock moon, also called a paraselene (plural paraselenae or paraselenes) in meteorology, is an atmospheric optical phenomenon that consists of a bright spot to one or both sides of the Moon.
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