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Lunar horizon glow

Lunar horizon glow is a phenomenon due to which dust particles on the Moon's thin Atmosphere create a glow during lunar sunset. The Surveyor program provided data and photos of the phenomenon, Astronauts in the Apollo 15, and Apollo 17 missions observed them while in lunar orbit.

Lunar Horizon Glow as observed by Surveyor 7 mission.
The thin lunar atmosphere is visible on the Moon's surface at sunrise and sunset with the lunar horizon glow[1] and lunar twilight rays, like Earth's crepuscular rays. This Apollo 17 sketch by Eugene Cernan depicts the glow and rays[2] among the general zodiacal light.[3][4]
  1. ^ "Lunar horizon glow from Surveyor 7". The Planetary Society. May 6, 2016. Archived from the original on August 8, 2022. Retrieved Aug 8, 2022.
  2. ^ "NASA Mission To Study Mysterious Lunar Twilight Rays". Science Mission Directorate. Sep 3, 2013. Archived from the original on July 3, 2022. Retrieved Aug 8, 2022.
  3. ^ Colwell, Joshua E.; Robertson, Scott R.; Horányi, Mihály; Wang, Xu; Poppe, Andrew; Wheeler, Patrick (2009-01-01). "Lunar Dust Levitation - Journal of Aerospace Engineering - Vol 22, No 1". Journal of Aerospace Engineering. 22 (1): 2–9. doi:10.1061/(ASCE)0893-1321(2009)22:1(2). Archived from the original on 2022-08-08. Retrieved 2022-08-08.
  4. ^ Deborah Byrd (Apr 24, 2014). "The zodiacal light, seen from the moon". EarthSky. Archived from the original on August 8, 2022. Retrieved Aug 8, 2022.

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