There's a large fuzzy outer shadow, called the penumbra, and a much smaller, darker central shadow, the umbra. The latter causes a total solar eclipse, which is seen across a dark and narrow ...

A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon comes in between ... the Moon casts two types of shadows on the Earth—the umbra and the ...

The umbra remains in contact with Earth’s surface for ... penumbra — the less dark outer region of the Moon’s shadow; an observer in the penumbra sees a partial solar eclipse. second contact — during ...

Totality ends at 3:32 a.m.; the moon leaves the umbra shadow at 4:48 a.m. and is completely out of the penumbra at 6 a.m. As seen from northeastern Pennsylvania, the partial solar eclipse is ...