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Total lunar eclipse: Anyone on the night side of the earth.
Total solar eclipse: Anyone within the narrow path of the moon's shadow on the earth's surface, never more than about 70 miles wide.
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Why do you observe solar and lunar eclipses?
because of our location on earth so depending on where we are on earth you can see a total or partial solar and lunar eclipses
Total lunar eclipses always occur?
No. About 50% of all lunar eclipses are total; the remainder are partial or penumbral.
How many total lunar eclipses were there in 2008?
There was 2 lunar eclipses in 2008.
What occurs more often- a partial solar eclipse or total solar eclipse?
Partial 35.3%Annular 33.2%Total 26.7%Hybrid 4.8% As you can see from the table above, partial eclipses are most common, followed by annular eclipses. Total solar eclipses are barely more than one-quarter of the total. Total eclipses occur when the Moon is close enough to the Earth for the umbra, the cone of total shadow, to hit the Earth. Annular eclipses occur when the Moon is so far away that the umbra does not reach all the way to the Earth. "Hybrid" eclipses occur when the Moon crosses the dividing line between total and annular DURING the eclipse, so that the eclipse begins as annular and changes to total, or vice versa, during the eclipse.
Which of the suns layer is visible during eclipses?
The corona during total solar eclipses.
Why do you observe solar and lunar eclipses?
because of our location on earth so depending on where we are on earth you can see a total or partial solar and lunar eclipses
Are some solar eclipses not total?
Yes, these are called partial eclipses.
Do partial eclipses occur more than total eclipses?
yes they do
How often are total lunar eclipse cycles?
In general, there are two lunar eclipses and two solar eclipses each year. On average, about half are total and half are partial, so you can expect, over a span of years, to see one total lunar eclipse every other year. There are sometimes cycles of eclipses. In 2014-2015, there will be four sequential total lunar eclipses, with no partial eclipses in between; this cycle is called a "tetrad" and it isn't all that unusual. There will be eight such tetrads in the 21st century; this will be the second tetrad of the century.
How many total eclipse were there in 2009?
About two per year, since the Moon formed. So, around 4000 solar eclipses (and 4000 lunar eclipses) since the year 1. You can check the list of all eclipses since the year 2000 BC on the NASA Eclipse Web Page at the link below.
Where do you need to be to see a total eclipses?
There is no one place to see total eclipses as they happen only intermittedly at various places all over the planet. For example if you want to see the next total solar eclipse you will have to be in northern Australia between the hours of 8:00PM and 10:00PM GMT 13 Nov 2012. Hopefully it won't be cloudy
Total lunar eclipses always occur?
No. About 50% of all lunar eclipses are total; the remainder are partial or penumbral.
How many total lunar eclipses were there in 2008?
There was 2 lunar eclipses in 2008.
What occurs more often- a partial solar eclipse or total solar eclipse?
Partial 35.3%Annular 33.2%Total 26.7%Hybrid 4.8% As you can see from the table above, partial eclipses are most common, followed by annular eclipses. Total solar eclipses are barely more than one-quarter of the total. Total eclipses occur when the Moon is close enough to the Earth for the umbra, the cone of total shadow, to hit the Earth. Annular eclipses occur when the Moon is so far away that the umbra does not reach all the way to the Earth. "Hybrid" eclipses occur when the Moon crosses the dividing line between total and annular DURING the eclipse, so that the eclipse begins as annular and changes to total, or vice versa, during the eclipse.
Which of the suns layer is visible during eclipses?
The corona during total solar eclipses.
Partial lunar eclipses occur more often than total eclipses?
Yes
Is there ever going to be an Eclipse?
There are generally two lunar eclipses and two solar eclipses each year. Sometimes you will see two partial eclipses instead of one total eclipse; in 2011, there will be four partial solar eclipses, and no total or annular solar eclipses. Since lunar eclipses happen on the Moon, they are visible from the entire night half of the Earth. Solar eclipses, when the Moon's shadow hits the Earth, affect very small areas of the Earth, and so they seem to be more rare. The next total lunar eclipse will happen on December 21, 2010, and will be visible from any point in North America.
