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shade; shadow; phantom; ghost; spectral image; the complete or perfect shadow of an opaque body, as a planet, where the direct light from the source of illumination is completely cut off; the dark central portion of a sunspot

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  • By 5: 01 a.m., our lunar neighbor escapes completely from the umbral shadow.
  •   I can see the umbral mass of his fetal-bent body lying beside her as always.
  • Cool misting lawn sprinklers, their umbral spay — brick walks glisten in the mottled light.
  • The moon is always full and it passes through Earth's umbral shadow, or the darkest part of the shadow.
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