Because for any given point on Earth, lunar eclipses are visible more often than solar eclipses.
There are two main types of eclipses: solar and lunar. Lunar eclipses occur every 6 months. Solar eclipses occur 2-5 times per year. Eclipses can be partial or total. Partial eclipse covers only part of the sun or moon, while total covers the full entity.
Lunar eclipses and solar eclipses happen EQUALLY often; about two of each kind per year. However, solar eclipses are visible only across a small path on the Earth, while lunar eclipses are visible from the entire nighttime hemisphere of the planet.
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.
Lunar Eclipses (the darkening of a full moon by the shadow of the Earth) occur every 6 months, and total lunar eclipses normally come in sets of three, followed by three partial eclipses.The lunar eclipse of June 26, 2010 is a partial eclipse visible mainly in Australia. There will be total lunar eclipses on December 21 (2010), June 15 (2011), and December 10 (2011).Solar Eclipses (shadow of the Moon partially or fully blocking the Sun) can occur two to five times a year, but the majority are partial eclipses. Total eclipses occur about once every 18 months, and affect a very limited area. The maximum coverage of the solar disk lasts between 6 and 7.5 minutes.
There are, on average, two lunar eclipses and two solar eclipses each year, when the Sun, Moon and Earth all line up more-or-less exactly. If they ALMOST but DON'T QUITE line up, we'll sometimes get two partial eclipses a month apart rather than one total eclipse. So, on average, there will be one or two partial lunar eclipses per year. Lunar eclipses happen on the Moon, and are visible from the entire night half of the Earth, so you'll generally see a partial lunar eclipse every other year. You can see the catalog of all eclipses on the NASA Eclipse Web Site, linked below.
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There are two main types of eclipses: solar and lunar. Lunar eclipses occur every 6 months. Solar eclipses occur 2-5 times per year. Eclipses can be partial or total. Partial eclipse covers only part of the sun or moon, while total covers the full entity.
i believe evry 1oo years but I'm not sure
Every year there are at least two lunar eclipses, although total lunar eclipses are significantly less common.There was a total eclipse of the Moon on December 21, 2010The next total eclipse of the Moon will occur on June 15, 2011.
There are most often two lunar eclipses each year (see the link below for a timetable). In 2013 the lunar eclipses will not be very dramatic.
It all comes down to probability. It's just like playing darts. You're going to hit the board a lot more often than you score a bullseye.
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Lunar eclipses and solar eclipses happen EQUALLY often; about two of each kind per year. However, solar eclipses are visible only across a small path on the Earth, while lunar eclipses are visible from the entire nighttime hemisphere of the planet.
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.
Lunar Eclipses (the darkening of a full moon by the shadow of the Earth) occur every 6 months, and total lunar eclipses normally come in sets of three, followed by three partial eclipses.The lunar eclipse of June 26, 2010 is a partial eclipse visible mainly in Australia. There will be total lunar eclipses on December 21 (2010), June 15 (2011), and December 10 (2011).Solar Eclipses (shadow of the Moon partially or fully blocking the Sun) can occur two to five times a year, but the majority are partial eclipses. Total eclipses occur about once every 18 months, and affect a very limited area. The maximum coverage of the solar disk lasts between 6 and 7.5 minutes.
There are, on average, two lunar eclipses and two solar eclipses each year, when the Sun, Moon and Earth all line up more-or-less exactly. If they ALMOST but DON'T QUITE line up, we'll sometimes get two partial eclipses a month apart rather than one total eclipse. So, on average, there will be one or two partial lunar eclipses per year. Lunar eclipses happen on the Moon, and are visible from the entire night half of the Earth, so you'll generally see a partial lunar eclipse every other year. You can see the catalog of all eclipses on the NASA Eclipse Web Site, linked below.
There's no regular schedule. Here are a few facts: -- The closest together that two eclipses can possibly be is about 2 weeks. -- On the average over a period of many years, there are about 2.3 lunar eclipses and 2.3 solar ones every year. But that's a long-term average. -- There can be anywhere from one to five eclipses in one year ... lunar, solar, or mixed.