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Is it possible that the shadow of the moon is a single dot during solar eclipse?


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During a solar eclipse the moon covers the sun on some places on the Earth. Now the focal point is a bit above the Earth so the shadow area is about 160 miles. In history the moon was a bit closer to the Earth but could there have been a time that the shadow area was just a dot. (probably for just some places as the Earth is not really perfect a sphere and the orbit of the moon isn't also a perfect circle).










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    There are annular solar eclipses even today. So it is possible, it is probably a far rarer event than a total eclipse, but possible. But what would be interesting in it? It would only result, that only on a single point of the Earth do we have a total eclipse.
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During a solar eclipse the moon covers the sun on some places on the Earth. Now the focal point is a bit above the Earth so the shadow area is about 160 miles. In history the moon was a bit closer to the Earth but could there have been a time that the shadow area was just a dot. (probably for just some places as the Earth is not really perfect a sphere and the orbit of the moon isn't also a perfect circle).










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    There are annular solar eclipses even today. So it is possible, it is probably a far rarer event than a total eclipse, but possible. But what would be interesting in it? It would only result, that only on a single point of the Earth do we have a total eclipse.
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During a solar eclipse the moon covers the sun on some places on the Earth. Now the focal point is a bit above the Earth so the shadow area is about 160 miles. In history the moon was a bit closer to the Earth but could there have been a time that the shadow area was just a dot. (probably for just some places as the Earth is not really perfect a sphere and the orbit of the moon isn't also a perfect circle).










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During a solar eclipse the moon covers the sun on some places on the Earth. Now the focal point is a bit above the Earth so the shadow area is about 160 miles. In history the moon was a bit closer to the Earth but could there have been a time that the shadow area was just a dot. (probably for just some places as the Earth is not really perfect a sphere and the orbit of the moon isn't also a perfect circle).







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    There are annular solar eclipses even today. So it is possible, it is probably a far rarer event than a total eclipse, but possible. But what would be interesting in it? It would only result, that only on a single point of the Earth do we have a total eclipse.
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    Sun is not a point source.
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    There are annular solar eclipses even today. So it is possible, it is probably a far rarer event than a total eclipse, but possible. But what would be interesting in it? It would only result, that only on a single point of the Earth do we have a total eclipse.
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    Sun is not a point source.
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There are annular solar eclipses even today. So it is possible, it is probably a far rarer event than a total eclipse, but possible. But what would be interesting in it? It would only result, that only on a single point of the Earth do we have a total eclipse.
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There are annular solar eclipses even today. So it is possible, it is probably a far rarer event than a total eclipse, but possible. But what would be interesting in it? It would only result, that only on a single point of the Earth do we have a total eclipse.
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What you are calling a focal point is the end of the umbra, the point at which the umbra changes to the antumbra. In a total solar eclipse, that point is below rather than above the surface of the Earth. An annular eclipse occurs when that point is above the surface of the Earth. The Moon appears to be smaller than the Sun, leaving an unbroken ring of the Sun that appears to surround the Moon.



There are some solar eclipses that transition from annular to total, and from total to annular. A point on the surface of the Earth is exactly at the end of the umbra at those times of transition points in time. At this point in space and time the Moon will appear to be exactly the same size as and exactly in line with the Sun.






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    As the Moon's eccentric orbit around the Earth brings it nearer and farther, current solar eclipses can be total or annular.
    A few in between are
    hybrid eclipses: total along the midday part of the path, and annular near the sunrise or sunset end.
    This happens mostly due to the Earth's surface curvature and partly due to the Moon's orbital eccentricity.



    At an annular/total transition point, the
    eclipse magnitude
    is 1.00, and an observer would see a "diamond ring" flip from one side to the other.
    Hybrid eclipses occurred on
    2013-11-03
    and will occur on
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      What you are calling a focal point is the end of the umbra, the point at which the umbra changes to the antumbra. In a total solar eclipse, that point is below rather than above the surface of the Earth. An annular eclipse occurs when that point is above the surface of the Earth. The Moon appears to be smaller than the Sun, leaving an unbroken ring of the Sun that appears to surround the Moon.



      There are some solar eclipses that transition from annular to total, and from total to annular. A point on the surface of the Earth is exactly at the end of the umbra at those times of transition points in time. At this point in space and time the Moon will appear to be exactly the same size as and exactly in line with the Sun.






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        What you are calling a focal point is the end of the umbra, the point at which the umbra changes to the antumbra. In a total solar eclipse, that point is below rather than above the surface of the Earth. An annular eclipse occurs when that point is above the surface of the Earth. The Moon appears to be smaller than the Sun, leaving an unbroken ring of the Sun that appears to surround the Moon.



        There are some solar eclipses that transition from annular to total, and from total to annular. A point on the surface of the Earth is exactly at the end of the umbra at those times of transition points in time. At this point in space and time the Moon will appear to be exactly the same size as and exactly in line with the Sun.






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          What you are calling a focal point is the end of the umbra, the point at which the umbra changes to the antumbra. In a total solar eclipse, that point is below rather than above the surface of the Earth. An annular eclipse occurs when that point is above the surface of the Earth. The Moon appears to be smaller than the Sun, leaving an unbroken ring of the Sun that appears to surround the Moon.



          There are some solar eclipses that transition from annular to total, and from total to annular. A point on the surface of the Earth is exactly at the end of the umbra at those times of transition points in time. At this point in space and time the Moon will appear to be exactly the same size as and exactly in line with the Sun.






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          What you are calling a focal point is the end of the umbra, the point at which the umbra changes to the antumbra. In a total solar eclipse, that point is below rather than above the surface of the Earth. An annular eclipse occurs when that point is above the surface of the Earth. The Moon appears to be smaller than the Sun, leaving an unbroken ring of the Sun that appears to surround the Moon.



          There are some solar eclipses that transition from annular to total, and from total to annular. A point on the surface of the Earth is exactly at the end of the umbra at those times of transition points in time. At this point in space and time the Moon will appear to be exactly the same size as and exactly in line with the Sun.







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              As the Moon's eccentric orbit around the Earth brings it nearer and farther, current solar eclipses can be total or annular.
              A few in between are
              hybrid eclipses: total along the midday part of the path, and annular near the sunrise or sunset end.
              This happens mostly due to the Earth's surface curvature and partly due to the Moon's orbital eccentricity.



              At an annular/total transition point, the
              eclipse magnitude
              is 1.00, and an observer would see a "diamond ring" flip from one side to the other.
              Hybrid eclipses occurred on
              2013-11-03
              and will occur on
              2023-04-20.






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                As the Moon's eccentric orbit around the Earth brings it nearer and farther, current solar eclipses can be total or annular.
                A few in between are
                hybrid eclipses: total along the midday part of the path, and annular near the sunrise or sunset end.
                This happens mostly due to the Earth's surface curvature and partly due to the Moon's orbital eccentricity.



                At an annular/total transition point, the
                eclipse magnitude
                is 1.00, and an observer would see a "diamond ring" flip from one side to the other.
                Hybrid eclipses occurred on
                2013-11-03
                and will occur on
                2023-04-20.






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                  As the Moon's eccentric orbit around the Earth brings it nearer and farther, current solar eclipses can be total or annular.
                  A few in between are
                  hybrid eclipses: total along the midday part of the path, and annular near the sunrise or sunset end.
                  This happens mostly due to the Earth's surface curvature and partly due to the Moon's orbital eccentricity.



                  At an annular/total transition point, the
                  eclipse magnitude
                  is 1.00, and an observer would see a "diamond ring" flip from one side to the other.
                  Hybrid eclipses occurred on
                  2013-11-03
                  and will occur on
                  2023-04-20.






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                  As the Moon's eccentric orbit around the Earth brings it nearer and farther, current solar eclipses can be total or annular.
                  A few in between are
                  hybrid eclipses: total along the midday part of the path, and annular near the sunrise or sunset end.
                  This happens mostly due to the Earth's surface curvature and partly due to the Moon's orbital eccentricity.



                  At an annular/total transition point, the
                  eclipse magnitude
                  is 1.00, and an observer would see a "diamond ring" flip from one side to the other.
                  Hybrid eclipses occurred on
                  2013-11-03
                  and will occur on
                  2023-04-20.







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