One keen photographer captured this shot of the moon last night.
Damon Hart was saying goodbye to his son and girlfriend when he noticed the moon had a lunar halo.
He said: "This rarely-seen phenomenon is caused by the refraction, reflection and dispersion of light through ice particles suspended within thin, wispy, sheet-like, high-altitude cirrus or cirrostratus clouds.
"As light passes through these ice crystals, it is bent, creating a halo around the moon."
Mr Hart went off to Rottingdean to put an element of interest in the shot (the village windmill).
He adds: "Unfortunately, by the time I got down there the high cirrus was starting to thicken a bit, so losing the effect.
"Still, it's not something you see every day."
I snapped this last night. Ice halo around the moon #winter #Sussex pic.twitter.com/DWyDoGLXWN
— Gavin Hoey (@Gavin_Hoey) February 3, 2015
The most amazing #moonhalo in Sussex tonight, just breathtaking, has to be seen to be believed! #moon #astronomy pic.twitter.com/CuvVj1ZZA1
— Aubrey Dawson (@aubreydawson) February 2, 2015
Unusual ring around the moon tonight, viewed from Lewes in East Sussex pic.twitter.com/ONfjLUchUw
— Richard Elsen (@Richard_Elsen) February 2, 2015
Moon ring in East Sussex this evening pic.twitter.com/LgzXiBlotQ
— keith talbott (@keithtal) February 2, 2015
#Jupiter and a #Moon-bow in #Sussex tonight. Brrr…it’s chilly! pic.twitter.com/vi6oK6hAOG
— Moth Effect (@moth_effect) February 2, 2015
Beautiful halo moon with Jupiter over Brighton tonight pic.twitter.com/Dmh3vFabXj
— Michelle (@m_i_k_k_i__x) February 3, 2015
Moon halo Brighton amazing sight to see xx pic.twitter.com/HmQVkyHM3Q
— Wendy Howell (@wghowell) February 2, 2015
Huge ring around the #moon tonight as seen over #Brighton Spectacular + weird halo, like massive outer ring of vapour pic.twitter.com/ej6QWV5O9T
— Clarence Mitchell (@mitch_1uk) February 2, 2015
Check out the halo around the moon tonight #moon #shine #brighton #ShiningCity pic.twitter.com/m2oli8DHoM
— It's Darren ™© (@reality_darren) February 2, 2015
Moon ring over Brighton tonight. pic.twitter.com/L0Vl1YRdEU
— Damian in Brighton (@BrightonD78) February 2, 2015
Incredible circle around the moon tonight. #brighton. pic.twitter.com/gDIWIFYThk
— wholelottaloew (@wholelottaloew) February 2, 2015
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