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Re:Is it possible for a lunar eclipse to occur before sunset? by tobr on Friday January 06, 2023 @02:49AM (#34272073)
So are you saying that the offset of 1 Earth/soccer ball radius is helping or hurting? It’s still seems to me like it’s just getting in the way. (Though I guess the ant wouldn’t see much of anything if it was down in the grass.)
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Re:Is it possible for a lunar eclipse to occur before sunset? by IanCal on Friday January 06, 2023 @05:18AM (#34273050)
It helps you see things either side of the ball if you're offset from the centre.

Forgive the hasty diagram but https://imgur.com/a/aoZIZTs

The Earth is entirely in-between the wildly out of scale Sun and the Moon, but a giant standing on the "top" of the Earth can see both.

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