What is the difference between being in the umbra and penumbra of the shadow the moon casts on earth doing a solar eclipse?

Answer 1

The umbra in a lunar eclipse is the part of the earth's shadow from the sun that completely blocks the light from the sun from falling on the moon.

The penumbra is the part of the shadow that only partially blocks the light. The antumbra is the continuation of the umbra beyond the point where the edges of the penumbra intersect. These various regions of light and shadow occur when the light source and shadow causing bodies are not point sources or point shadows.

Answer 2

That is a lunar eclipse, which is a total one if all the Moon is in the umbra. It happens at Full Moon and can be seen from nearly half the Earth's surface, the half where the Moon is above the horizon. If the Full Moon is up, the Sun must be down, so the eclipse can be seen from the entire dark half of the Earth.

Answer 3

During a total lunar eclipse the Moon passes through the Earth's shadow. ... Although the Moon is a dark object, it can be seen in the sky most of the time because its ... is enveloped in the darkest, central part of the Earth's shadow - the umbra.

Answer 4

The umbra is the complete or total shadow; you're referring to the total area of the solar eclipse. The partial shadow around the area of totality is the penumbra; the prefix "pen" means partial or almost.