Because of Earth's shadow, a partially eclipsed Moon looks like a cookie with a bite taken out

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Because of Earth's shadow, a partially eclipsed Moon looks like a cookie with a bite taken out of it. Explain, with a sketch, how the curvature of the bite indicates the size of Earth relative to the size of the Moon. How does the tapering of the Sun's rays affect the curvature of the bite?
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Physics

ISBN: 978-0077339685

2nd edition

Authors: Alan Giambattista, Betty Richardson, Robert Richardson

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