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The umbra, penumbra and antumbra are the names given to three distinct parts of a shadow, created by any light source. For a point source only the umbra is cast.

PenumbraThe penumbra (from the Latin paene "almost, nearly" andumbra "shadow") is the region in which only a portion of the light source is obscured by the occluding body. An observer in the penumbra experiences a partial eclipse. AntumbraThe antumbra is the region from which the occluding body appears entirely contained within the disc of the light source. If an observer in the antumbra moves closer to the light source, the apparent size of the occluding body increases until it causes a full umbra. An observer in this region experiences an annular eclipse.
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Umbra is the full shadow of a Solar/Lunar eclipse. And a Penumbra is the partial shadow of a Solar/Lunar eclipse. and i have no clue what a atumumbra is.

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