<Dd> U3 (Fourth contact): End of the total eclipse . The Moon's outer limb exits Earth's umbra . </Dd> <Dd> U4 (Fifth contact): End of the partial eclipse . Earth's umbra leaves the Moon's surface . </Dd> <Dd> P4 (Sixth contact): End of the penumbral eclipse . Earth's penumbra no longer makes contact with the Moon . </Dd> <P> The following scale (the Danjon scale) was devised by André Danjon for rating the overall darkness of lunar eclipses: </P>

When a solar eclipse happens what is the relative position of the moon as seen from earth