a total lunar eclipse can be seen anywhere on earth where the moon is visible so you are more likely to see a total lunar eclipse than a total solar eclipse
A total lunar eclipse can be seen anywhere on Earth where the moon is visible..so you are more likely to see a lunar eclipse than a solar eclipse.
I would rather experience A Moon Total Lunar Eclipse
The lunar eclipse lasts longer than a solar one
A solar eclipse can only be seen along a narrow strip of Earth's surface. A lunar eclipse can be seen anywhere where the Moon is above the horizon - i.e., about half of the Earth.
2012 May 20: Annular Solar Eclipse 2012 Jun 04: Partial Lunar Eclipse 2012 Nov 13: Total Solar Eclipse 2012 Nov 28: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
Eclipses in 2012 . . . -- May 20 . . . Annular solar eclipse -- June 4 . . . Partial lunar eclipse -- November 13 . . . Total solar eclipse -- November 28 . . . Penumbral lunar eclipse First one in 2013 . . . -- April 25 . . . Partial lunar eclipse
More people can see a total lunar eclipse than a total solar eclipse because to see the complete solar eclipse you must be in a locations directly underneath it so your point of view and angle of the moon is correct. It doesn't matter as much as to where you are for a lunar eclipse...
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If there is a total lunar eclipse, everybody sees it as total. If there is a total solar eclipse, only people in a small part of Earth see it as total - most will see it as a partial eclipse, or not at all.
It's the other way around; more people can see a total lunar eclipse than a total solar eclipse. The reason is that a lunar eclipse happens on the Moon; it is visible from half of the Earth's surface. A solar eclipse occurs along a narrow track across the Earth, and 75% of the Earth's surface is oceans.
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.
The next five eclipses are: Partial Lunar Eclipse on November 19-20, 2021 Total Solar Eclipse on December 4, 2021 Total Lunar Eclipse on May 16-17, 2022 Partial Solar Eclipse on October 25, 2022 Total Lunar Eclipse on November 8, 2022