penumbra

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A lunar eclipse happens when the Moon passes through the outer region of the Earth's shadow called the penumbra.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2025

Eastern time on Monday, the moon will start to pass through only the outermost part of Earth’s shadow, known as the penumbra.

From New York Times • Mar. 24, 2024

Supreme Court, fashioned a right to privacy from the penumbra of rights contained in the First, Third, Fourth, Fifth and Ninth Amendments to the U.S.

From Slate • Jan. 18, 2024

His non-adult fiction occupies a penumbra between “not really classics” and “better than most of the crap pushed at kids.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2023

But such moments were tempered by the long penumbra cast by Everest, which seemed to recede little with the passage of time.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer