| gloriole | halo, nimbus, aureole. | |
| halo of 22 degrees | the most common halo around the sun or moon. | |
| sundog | a bright spot on a solar halo, often occurring in an opposing pair. (also |parhelion|) | |
| Arc of Lowitz | an arc of light extending diagonally down from a 22-degree parhelion. | |
| antitwilight arch | a pinkish band of light which may appear opposite the setting sun. (also |anticrepuscular arch|.) | |
| parhelic circle | a bright band or circle through the sun and parallel to the horizon. | |
| anthelion | a glow which appears opposite the sun at the same elevation. | |
| zodiacal light | a bright region of the sky near the sun, thought to be sunlight glancing off of meteoric material. | |
| false dawn | zodiacal light seen before the true dawn. | |
| noctilucent cloud | (meteorol.) a type of cirrus-like cloud, seen during summer nights, thought to be meteoric dust high enough to catch the sun. | |
| Hevelian halo | a faint halo at 90o around the sun or moon, attributed to ice crystals. | |
| dark segment | a dark band opposite the rising or setting sun, immediately below the antitwilight arch. | |
| paraselene | (meteorol.) a "mock moon", a brighter spot on a lunar halo. | |
| fogbow | a rainbow formed by fog, appearing as a bright whitish arc. | |
| anticorona | a glow around one's shadow, when it is cast on fog or cloud. (also "glory" or "Brocken bow") | |
| gegenschein | (astron.) a patch of light antipodal to the sun on the zodiacal sphere, formed by sunlight reflecting from interplanetary dust. | |
| heiligenschein | a halo around one's shadow's head. |