mock sun

American  

noun

1. parhelion.

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mock sun British  

noun

1. another name for parhelion

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Example Sentences

There, even nature offers litle solace; the aurora borealis, a ghostly disturbance flickering in the sky, appears as a "mock sun" that offers light but no heat.

From Time Magazine Archive

Once in the early morning she had seen a bright light above the sun—a mock sun which shone more fiercely than a fire in daylight.

From Lore of Proserpine by Hewlett, Maurice Henry

One is a representation of snow crystals, and the other is a diagram of a mock sun.

From The Pictorial Press Its Origin and Progress by Jackson, Mason

And was he only a mock sun swimming in a firmament of glories which he could have outshone?

From Visionaries by Huneker, James

The Londoners were in so excited and frightened a state—is it any marvel?—that when the phenomena of a mock sun and an inverted rainbow occurred on the fifteenth, they were terrified beyond measure.

From For the Master's Sake A Story of the Days of Queen Mary by Petherick, Horace