Does a lunar eclipse happen at daytime or nighttime?

Answer 1

All lunar eclipses are visible only at night. That's because a lunar eclipse happens when the Earth's shadow falls on the Moon, and only people on the night-side of Earth can see the Moon at that time.

Answer 2

A lunar eclipse can usually only be seen at night. although on rare occasions you can see a lunar eclipse and the Sun in the sky at the same time.

A selenelion or selenehelion (also called a horizontal eclipse) occurs when both the Sun and the eclipsed Moon can be observed at the same time. This can only happen just before sunset or just after sunrise, and both bodies will appear just above the horizon at nearly opposite points in the sky.

Answer 3

Yes, they can happen in another place of the World, while it is night wherever you happen to live. Solar eclipse means the Moon goes between the Sun and the Earth; note that the Moon is about 1/4 the size of the Earth, so not all parts of the Earth - even where the Sun is above the horizon - will see the solar eclipse at the same time - or will even see it at all.

Answer 4

A lunar eclipse cannot be seen during the day. The reason for this is that a lunar eclipse can only happen when the moon is precisely full, when the angular distance between the moon and the sun is 180 degrees. In the daytime, the sun is always above the horizon, and the full moon, 180 degrees from it, must be below the horizon.

Answer 5

daytime, because a Solar Eclipse always happens during the night, of course.

Answer 6

To see it ,it happens at night. But if you are on the oppersite side of the Earth it will be in the day but you will not be able to see it.

Answer 7

Solar eclipses are visible in areas where it is daytime. If you can't see the sun, you can't experience the eclipse.

Answer 8

No. A solar eclipse occurs when the moon passes in front of the sun. Therefore you have to be able to see the sun in order to see a solar eclipse.

Answer 9

Solar eclipse occures in the day

Answer 10

day