Lunar eclipse: Earth makes the shadow; the moon passes through it.
Earth's shadow is large enough to darken the shole moon at the same time.
Solar eclipse: Moon makes the shadow; earth passes through it.
Moon's shadow is not large enough to darken the whole earth at the same time ...
it causes only a small dark spot, that moves along the surface as the earth turns.
The darker part is called the umbra. The lighter part is the penumbra.
The penumbra
It is called the penumbra
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nebula and prenebula Nebula is the lighter- color/ outside shadow prenebula is the darker- color/ inside shadow this is the same with the moon
Penumbra. Total shadow is the UMBRA. Partial shadow is the PENUMBRA. These words usually refer to solar/lunar eclipses. However, they can refer elsewhere to shadows.
"Umbra" is correct. However, another way to look at it is that the darkest part of the Earth's shadow is midnight, for what is night but the shadow of the Earth?
There are two main shadows that Earth projects; one is called the 'umbra', which is the complete shadow where all direct light is blocked out, the other is the 'penumbra', which is a partial shadow. The effect is similar to standing in front of a light source and seeing both a dark shadow in the middle (the umbra) and a lighter shadow on the outer edge (the penumbra). During this eclipse the Moon will pass through both shadows.
The penumbra.
The penumbra.
It is called the Umbra, the 'lighter' part of the shadow is the Pen-umbra
There are two parts of a shadow: the UMBRA and the PENUMBRA. UMBRA is the inner darker part of a shadow. PENUBMRA is the outher lighter layer of a shadow. During a solar eclipse, the area on the planet that witnesses a complete total solar eclipse would be under the moon's shadow's UMBRA. The area that views a partial solar eclipse would be under the PENUMBRAL shadow.
The darker complete shadow is the "umbra". The lighter partial shadow is the penumbra.
There are two parts to the Earth's shadow. The dark narrower part is the Umbra (from Latin for shadow). The lighter part is called the Penumbra (from Latin, pane umbra - almost a shadow)
I think you are asking what is the lighter part of the Earth's shadow on the Moon that surrounds the darkest part. The penumbra is this lighter part of the shadow. The darkest part is the umbra.
no it cannot because the sun and the moon and it's position umbra is the darkest part so it must have lighter part such as penumbra.
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The darker total shadow is called the "umbra"; the lighter, partial shadow is called the "penumbra".
The darkest part of a shadow is called the "umbra" The lighter part of a shadow is called the "penumbra" An "antumbra" is the area of light which surrounds the object creating a shadow, as in a "ring of fire" eclipse (like the recent one in May, 2012). It can best be seen when the viewer is beyond the focal point of the umbra, but in line with it.