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What is the lighted-colored outer shadow on earth surface cast by the moon during a solar eclipse?
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∙ 8y ago
Isay it is penumbra
Kasandra Hegmann
Wiki User
∙ 13y agoYou're talking about the "penumbra" of the shadow. There's nothing mysterious
about it really. It's just the area on the earth's surface from which you can see a
part of the sun but not all of it.
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What travels across the surface of the earth for an eclipse occurs?
(Answered as "What travels across the surface of the Earth when an eclipse occurs?") The shadow of the Moon travels across the Earth during a Solar Eclipse. (During a Lunar Eclipse, the shadow of the Earth travels across the Moon.)
What is path of the Moon's shadow across the earth surface called?
During a total eclipse, it is called the path of totalityAn Eclipse.
During a solar eclipse the shadow of falls on?
During a solar eclipse, the shadow of the MOON falls on the EARTH.
What is the light colored shadow on the earths surface cast by the moon during a solar eclipse?
The umbra ans penumbra
What is the light-colored outer shadow on earth's surface cast by the moon during a solar eclipse?
Isay it is penumbra
What occurs when the Earth's Shadow Falls on the surface?
eclipse
The moon casts a shadow on Earth during a?
An eclipse. When the Earth is in the Moon's shadow, it's a solar eclipse; when the Moon is in the Earth's shadow, it's a lunar eclipse.
Why is the umbra during a lunar eclipse larger than during a solar eclipse?
The umbra of the Earth's shadow during lunar eclipse is larger than the umbra of the Moon's shadow during a solar eclipse because the Earth is much larger than the Moon is; so, the Earth's shadow is bigger than the Moon's shadow.
When the Moon's shadow reaches Earth's surface is called a?
an eclipse.
What occurs when the moons shadow falls on the earth surface?
eclipse
What make the shadow during a lunar eclipse?
It's the Earth's shadow.
Where is the observer during a solar eclipse?
If you can see the solar eclipse, then you are in the Moon's shadow.
