4.1 Solar eclipse; 4.2 Lunar eclipse
During the 100 years of the 20th Century, there were 228 solar eclipses and 229 lunar ones. So over the long term, you can figure on equal numbers, at the rate of around 7 of each every 3 years.
During the 100 years of the 20th Century (1901 - 2000), there were 228 solar eclipses and 13 times lunar eclipses.
Globally, solar eclipses are slightly more frequent. But a lunar eclipse can be seen from any place where the Moon is above the horizon, whereas a solar eclipse can only be seen from a narrow strip of land. So, for any particular fixed observer, solar eclipses - and especially total solar eclipses - are quite rare. During the 100 years of the 20th Century, there were 228 solar eclipses and 229 lunar ones. So over the long term, you can figure on equal numbers, at the rate of around 7 of each every 3 years.
Well if its a lunar eclipse with a full moon on a solctice then it is 84 years. I dont know about a reagular lunar eclipse though.
According to Fred Whipple's book 'Earth, Moon and Planets', page 102-104, Solar eclipses are fairly numerous, about 2 - 5 per year, but the area on the ground covered by totality is only a few miles wide. In any given location on Earth, a total eclipse happens only once every 360 years. Eclipses of the Moon by the Earth's shadow are actually less numerous than solar eclipses, however each eclipse covers about 1/2 the surface of the Earth. At any given location you can have up to 3 lunar eclipses per year, but some year there may be none. In any one calendar year, the maximum number of eclipses is 4 solar and 3 lunar, from some locations on the Earth. During the 100 years of the 20th Century, there were 228 solar eclipses and 229 lunar ones. So over the long term, you can figure on equal numbers, at the rate of around 7 of each every 3 years.
a solar and lunar eclipse are similar because the Moon sort of a phase and only happens every thousand years. and is made of cheese
Over a period of a number of years, the numbers of both kinds are identical.During the 100 years of the 20th Century, there were 228 solar eclipses and229 lunar ones.But ... when a lunar eclipse does happen, you have a much greater chanceof seeing it than you have of seeing a solar eclipse when it happens.
Both types of eclipse occur with identical frequency. during the 100 years of the 20th Century, there were 228 solar eclipses and 229 lunar ones.
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.
During the 100 years of the 20th Century, there were 228 solar eclipsesand 229 lunar ones ... pretty much as equal as you can get!But when one happens, a lunar eclipse can be seen over more area than asolar one can. So if you stay in one place, you see more lunar eclipses thansolar ones.
It's not. During the 100 years from 1901 to 2000, there were 228 solar eclipsesand 229 lunar ones ... an average of about 2.3 of each every year.If you stay in one place, though, you see lunar eclipses more frequently. That'sbecause a solar eclipse, when it happens, is visible from only a small area on earth,whereas a lunar eclipse is visible from the entire night-time half of the earth.
Sometimes there can be more solar eclipses or more lunar eclipses in a given year, but they're pretty even on average. However, because a solar eclipse is only visible along a narrow track on the Earth's surface, whereas a lunar eclipse is visible from anywhere the Moon is visible, it is much more common to SEE a lunar eclipse. ======================================= During the 100 years from 1901 to 2000, there were 228 solar eclipses and 229 lunar ones, for an average rate of about 2.3 of each per year.
During the 100 years of the 20th Century, there were 228 solar eclipses and 229 lunar ones. So over the long term, you can figure on equal numbers, at the rate of around 7 of each every 3 years.
No. during the 100 years from 1901 to 2000, there were 228 solar eclipses and 229 lunar ones ... an average of about 2.3 of each every year. If you stay in one place, though, you see lunar eclipses more frequently. That's because a solar eclipse is visible from only a small area on earth, whereas a lunar eclipse is visible from wherever the moon is visible ... the entire night-time half of the earth.
During the 100 years of the 20th Century (1901 - 2000), there were 228 solar eclipses and 13 times lunar eclipses.
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.
There are generally two solar eclipses and two lunar eclipses each year. A lunar eclipse happens when the shadow of the Earth falls on the Moon. Each lunar eclipse is visible from the entire night half of the Earth, so on average you will see one lunar eclipse per year, from wherever on Earth that you live. There are also two total solar eclipses per year, but the shadow of the Moon on the Earth is much smaller. So the average person will hardly ever see a solar eclipse, unless you travel to the place where the eclipse will happen. On average, you can expect a solar eclipse to happen where you live once every 58 years. If you would like to see when the next solar eclipse will happen where you live, the link below to the Solar Eclipse Calendar will be useful. To see all solar eclipses in the world, the "World Solar Eclipse" link will give you a map.