{"id":4613,"date":"2026-02-09T09:12:52","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T17:12:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/four-moons-appear-over-st-petersburg-russia-optical-phenomenon-explained\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T09:12:52","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T17:12:52","slug":"four-moons-appear-over-st-petersburg-russia-optical-phenomenon-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/four-moons-appear-over-st-petersburg-russia-optical-phenomenon-explained\/","title":{"rendered":"Four Moons Appear Over St. Petersburg, Russia \u2014 Optical Phenomenon Explained"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HNTIceotyco\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Social media erupted after footage showed what appeared to be four moons in the night sky over Saint Petersburg. While the visuals looked extraordinary, experts say this was not four actual moons, but a rare optical phenomenon known as moon dogs (parselenae).<\/p>\n<p>In this video, we break down:<br \/>\n\u2022 What caused the \u201cfour moons\u201d illusion<br \/>\n\u2022 How ice crystals in the atmosphere create multiple light images<br \/>\n\u2022 Why cold climates like Russia see this effect more often<br \/>\n\u2022 The difference between moon dogs and paranormal claims<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udc47 Comment below: Have you ever seen this phenomenon where you live?<br \/>\n#FourMoons #StPetersburg #MoonDogs #Parselene #SkyPhenomenon #Astronomy #OpticalIllusion #Russia #NightSky<\/p>\n<p>Want to create live streams like this? Check out StreamYard: https:\/\/streamyard.com\/pal\/d\/5759717953503232<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Social media erupted after footage showed what appeared to be four moons in the night sky over Saint<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4614,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lisa-cabrera"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/hqdefault-97.jpg?fit=480%2C360&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4613"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4613\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}