“Rare” Lunar Occurrence

A reader sent me the photo here, noting: A very rare occurrence, the sun and the moon are visible at the same time in the horizon. This phenomenon is known as Selenelion.

Comments include:

Absolutely amazing

Maravilhosa

I have never seen this. I didn’t even think of it happening. How often does this happen? Thank you for sharing it with us.

Thank you for sharing this! So Amaziing!

Absolutely amazing!!

Me: I wouldn’t call it rare; it’s impossible. Looks like someone didn’t learn about the phases of the moon like (I thought) everyone did in 5th or 6th grade.