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Old 01-06-2021, 01:42 PM
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I would add that because the earth umbra is relatively short, there's going to be a deviation of its apparent location from the antisolar point that is a function of the observer's distance from the sun-earth axis. You'd basically see that as the moon's parralax relative to the star background.

Good point. I hadn't thought about that either. It's a relatively short cone.
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