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Q: Why are lunar and solar eclipses usually 15 days apart?
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What are the kinds of eclipses?

On earth there are 2 eclipses, Lunar and Solar eclipses


What certain alignments of Earth the Moon and the Sun cause?

It can cause lunar eclipses, and solar eclipses.


How are solar eclipses alike from lunar eclipses?

All eclipses are shadows. A solar eclipse is the Moon's shadow on the Earth. A lunar eclipse is the Earth's shadow on the Moon.


What are the eclipses of the sun and moon called?

Solar and lunar eclipses


What type of eclipse occurs with the greatest frequency?

Lunar eclipses occur more frequently than Solar eclipses. About 70 eclipses take place in regular cycles lasting 18 years and 8 or 9 days; usually 41 of these eclipses are solar and 29 are lunar.


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


Why do most people think that lunar eclipses occur more often then a solar eclipses?

Because for any given point on Earth, lunar eclipses are visible more often than solar eclipses.


What are the 2 types of eclipses?

solar and lunar.


What are the eclipses of the sun and the moon?

Lunar and Solar


What are the two main eclipses?

Solar and lunar.


What are the four eclipses of the moon?

Lunar solar


Are two types of major eclipses?

Solar and lunar. Eclipses of the sun and of the moon.