Lunar eclipses are visible from the entire night half of the Earth, and on average, every person on Earth can view a total lunar eclipse from home about every two years.
Solar eclipses cover much smaller paths across the Earth, and are widely scattered. The NASA Eclipse web page offers a catalog of every eclipse from the year 2000 BCE to 3000 AD.Check the maps at the links below.
4.1 Solar eclipse; 4.2 Lunar eclipse
a solar and lunar eclipse are similar because the Moon sort of a phase and only happens every thousand years. and is made of cheese
Over a period of a number of years, the numbers of both kinds are identical.During the 100 years of the 20th Century, there were 228 solar eclipses and229 lunar ones.But ... when a lunar eclipse does happen, you have a much greater chanceof seeing it than you have of seeing a solar eclipse when it happens.
An astronaut on the Moon - or any of the Moon residents, starting about 30 years from now - would see a solar eclipse where we here on Earth see a lunar eclipse.
Both types of eclipse occur with identical frequency. during the 100 years of the 20th Century, there were 228 solar eclipses and 229 lunar ones.
This question was posted on December 19, 2010. The next lunar eclipse is TOMORROW NIGHT, the evening of December 20, 2010. This will be a total lunar eclipse, visible anywhere (weather permitting!) in North America. There will be a partial solar eclipse on May 20, 2012. There will be partial solar eclipses every few years after that. The next TOTAL solar eclipse for Minneapolis, MN will be on September 14, 2099.
During the 100 years of the 20th Century, there were 228 solar eclipsesand 229 lunar ones ... pretty much as equal as you can get!But when one happens, a lunar eclipse can be seen over more area than asolar one can. So if you stay in one place, you see more lunar eclipses thansolar ones.
It's not. During the 100 years from 1901 to 2000, there were 228 solar eclipsesand 229 lunar ones ... an average of about 2.3 of each every year.If you stay in one place, though, you see lunar eclipses more frequently. That'sbecause a solar eclipse, when it happens, is visible from only a small area on earth,whereas a lunar eclipse is visible from the entire night-time half of the earth.
Both solar and lunar eclipses generally occur 2 times a year. Some years you will have fewer, or more. For example, there will be NO solar eclipses at all during 2011! The maximum possible number of solar or lunar eclipses per year is five.
No. during the 100 years from 1901 to 2000, there were 228 solar eclipses and 229 lunar ones ... an average of about 2.3 of each every year. If you stay in one place, though, you see lunar eclipses more frequently. That's because a solar eclipse is visible from only a small area on earth, whereas a lunar eclipse is visible from wherever the moon is visible ... the entire night-time half of the earth.
Sometimes there can be more solar eclipses or more lunar eclipses in a given year, but they're pretty even on average. However, because a solar eclipse is only visible along a narrow track on the Earth's surface, whereas a lunar eclipse is visible from anywhere the Moon is visible, it is much more common to SEE a lunar eclipse. ======================================= During the 100 years from 1901 to 2000, there were 228 solar eclipses and 229 lunar ones, for an average rate of about 2.3 of each per year.
During the 100 years of the 20th Century (1901 - 2000), there were 228 solar eclipses and 13 times lunar eclipses.