Chambers, George F. (George Frederick), 1841-1915 · New York, D. Appleton and company · leaf 164
black circles are imaginary sections of theEarths shadow as cast when the Earth is in three suc- Moon gets immersed in a penumbra but escapes the dark shadow.Such an event will not be announced in the almanacs under thehead of Eclipses.* See p. 168 {post). ECLIPSES OF THE MOON. l6l cessive… … Fig. 14.—Conditions of eclipses of the Moon. and the Moon a little further forward, say at F, the Moonwill be partially obscured ; but if the Moon is at or verynear its node, as at G, it will be wholly involved in theEarths shadow and a total eclipse will be the result. Inthe case contemplated at G…
Eclipses
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