penumbra

How To Use penumbra In A Sentence

• The moon passing through the outer region of the Earth's shadow, known as the penumbra, will be visible from Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia's west coast at Stars and Stripes
• The penumbra is the transition from the photosphere to the umbra.
• I've been in a black mood since September 2001, it's hanging over me like a penumbra.
• On Friday morning, the moon will enter the penumbra of the Earth's shadow at 3: 05 am, and the moonlight will become dimmer.
• The Moon begins to enter the Earth's outer shadow, or penumbra, at 9: 06 P.M.
• There is in the penumbra of the USA Patriots Act the rendition of prisoners, the detention of however many anonymous suspects without even the pretense of due process, not to mention legal representation, the perpetual suspension of civil liberty, a new blatancy. Victor Navasky: The Difference Between Being Opinionated (Bad) and Having an Opinion (Good)
• In other cases the Moon does not pass through the umbra at all, just going through the penumbra (a region of partial shadow).
• And we would do well to remember that the penumbra is the lighter, outer region of the shadow, the halo, indeed, of the shadow.
• Shadows and penumbras were instantaneously formed from the myriad of trees and hills that he surveyed through the window, and just as quickly vanished.
• Like semaphores signaling an ambiguous statement, the chairs face away from the figures in the penultimate picture and virtually disappear in the varnished penumbra that concludes the final work of the cycle.