paraselene
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paraselene
[¦par·ə·sə′lēn] (astronomy)
A weakly colored lunar halo identical in form and optical origin to the solar parhelion; paraselenae are observed less frequently than are parhelia, because of the moon's comparatively weak luminosity. Also known as mock moon.
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