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I hadn't thought about this effect! You're absolutely right. Thanks very much.

(For others:) A diagram of the umbra makes this clear:

https://c.tadst.com/gfx/750x500/total-solar-eclipse-com.png?...

If you draw a few triangles, you can get an analytic expression.



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