Thread: why is only a small area of the earth covered during a solar eclipse?
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Old 02-14-2008, 08:46 PM   #2 (permalink)
Cirric
 
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Hi. The Moon's shadow can only be as large as the Moon at maximum. The shadow is cone shaped and gets smaller as it nears Earth. Sometimes the shadow does not reach Earth and we get an annular eclipse.
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