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Veikko M{kel{: "Re: Lunar halos" (Jul 5, 12:08):
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> I would say, that there is a period of about one week around full
> moon, what is favorable for lunar halos. Pillars are seen also by
> crescents. When you plot a frequency on lunar halos by phase of
> moon, the curve looks like a brightness curve of Moon.
I would add that the exactly at the full moon the brightness of moon is
some 20 percents more than, say, a half a day from full. This is because
of the constructive multiple scattering at the backscattering direction.
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