How to Use noctilucent cloud in a Sentence

noctilucent cloud

noun

• For your best chance of spotting noctilucent clouds, look toward the western sky as the brightest stars begin to emerge after sunset.
  — Anthony Wood, Space.com, 5 June 2026
• The rocket and its expanding exhaust plumes are being illuminated by the sun, which may produce lingering noctilucent clouds for some viewers.
  — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 July 2026
• Yet under the right conditions, trace amounts of water vapor can freeze onto tiny particles, creating the ice crystals that make noctilucent clouds possible.
  — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 10 July 2026
• Perversely, noctilucent clouds arrive exactly during the brightest weeks of the year, when many stargazers are complaining that there is nothing worth observing.
  — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 10 July 2026
• There is growing evidence that changing upper-atmosphere conditions and increasing atmospheric moisture may be affecting how often noctilucent clouds appear and how far south they are seen.
  — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 10 July 2026
• Astronomy enthusiast Daniel Fischer also posted a view of noctilucent clouds to the social media site X, showing the rare cloud formation shining above the town of Flensburg in a livestream on May 31.
  — Anthony Wood, Space.com, 5 June 2026
• When and where to look for noctilucent clouds Noctilucent clouds are most commonly spotted between mid-May and mid-August, with a peak in sightings often occurring in the summer month of July in the northern hemisphere, according to the British Astronomical Association.
  — Anthony Wood, Space.com, 5 June 2026