The Moon's shadow creates an area of almost total darkness on the Earth around 250 km (in diameter) wide - known as the umbra.
The penumbra is roughly 7'000 km in diameter at Earth’s surface during a solar eclipse.
Gary Kilo's log on the internet
The Moon's shadow creates an area of almost total darkness on the Earth around 250 km (in diameter) wide - known as the umbra.
The penumbra is roughly 7'000 km in diameter at Earth’s surface during a solar eclipse.