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AlarmClockBandit t1_ix5eup8 wrote

The moon doesn't move in a curve like that. It moves in a straight line (at least relative to us on the Earth as the viewer).

It would be a more accurate representation of the Earth's shadow if you stacked the images in a straight line.

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_wanderloots OP t1_ix6s2o3 wrote

Yes this is true, but then you’d only get a single arc length, I used a more artistic rendition to illustrate a larger portion of the umbral curve 😊

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