Solar eclipse animation (1995)

This animation illustrates the 1995 solar eclipse from an imaginary vantage point on the Moon (with a telescope to enlarge the size of the Earth). The shadow cast on the Earth is the penumbra of the Moon, which can cover a region thousands of kilometers in diameter. If the eclipse is total, the path of totality traced out by the umbra is much narrower. Animation produced with the program Starry Night).