penultim

[PENULTIMATE.] The last but IMG:content-0860.png:[blocks in formation] =a shadow.] phere, besides having become tinged with a ruddy or copper hue. Falling upon the moon, then shadow, they often render it faintly visible, and though of a copper hue, yet bright enough to permit markings on its surface to be seen. Yet at this time the moon is so much behind the earth that it cannot be reached by any direct rays from the sun. In an eclipse the periods when the first and the last contact with the penumbra will take place are always carefully noted. pě-năm-bral, a. [Eng. penumbr ( a ); -al.] Pertaining to or resembling a penumbra. "The penumbral clouds are highly reflective."- Her schel: Astronomy (ed. 5th), § 396.