penumbra

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

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2025

But the Earth also casts a wider, and lighter, shadow, called the penumbra, which extends away from the planet at an angle.

From Slate • Apr. 5, 2024

The penumbra of Broadway stardust she radiated accumulated over decades.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2024

Dried sunflowers and books fashioned from lead are recurrent themes of a world that hovers in the penumbra between life and death.

From New York Times • Nov. 18, 2022

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