ALL meanings of parhelion
par·he·li·on
P p - noun plural parhelion a bright circular spot on a solar halo; a mock sun: usually one of two or more such spots seen on opposite sides of the sun, and often accompanied by additional luminous arcs and bands. 1
- noun parhelion one of several bright spots on the parhelic circle or solar halo, caused by the diffraction of light by ice crystals in the atmosphere, esp around sunset 0
- noun parhelion a bright, sunlike optical illusion caused by sunlight passing through ice crystals in the upper atmosphere; sundog 0