why are you more likely to see a lunar eclipse than a solar eclipse?

Answer 1

A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's shadow falls across the earth. By a happy coincidence, the Moon is at exactly the right distance to have an apparent diameter the same as that of the Sun, thereby allowing total eclipses to take place.

A lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth's shadow falls across the Moon.

As the Earth is so much larger than the Moon the resultant shadow is much larger than that cast by the Moon onto the Earth, and therefore there is a greater incidence of lunar eclipses than there are solar eclipses.

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Answer 2

Lunar is when the earth covers the moon and can be seen everywhere on the side where its being eclipised which occurs all the time. Solar is when the moon covers a certain area of the earth b/c of its size leaving only the sun's corona showing. That's why people fly to see this eclipse and is so rare.

Answer 3

because they happen at a rate of about six to one in a specific area.