Which is more common, a lunar eclipse, or a sloar eclipse? Why?

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Answer 1

Lunar eclipses are far more common, often occuring more than once a year.

Solar eclipses occur far less often.

Answer 2

Lunar eclipses are more common, at least in terms of viewing area around the world.

Solar eclipses are hard to see because the shadow that the moon casts on the Earth during a Solar Eclipse is significantly smaller than the one the Earth casts on the moon during a Lunar Eclipse. If I'm not mistaken, they occur with the same frequency, but the viewing area is much smaller for a SE than a LE, so people see LEs more often.

Answer 3

A lunar eclipse is more frequent than a solar eclipse. There was a lunar eclipse over the weekend. The reason is because the Earth casts a larger shadow on the moon than the moon casts on the sun. Here's a website that goes into detail about it: http://www.moonconnection.com/lunar_vs_solar.phtml

Answer 4

During the 6000 years from 2000 BCE to 4000 CE, Earth will experience 14,263 solar eclipses. That is an average of 2.3772 per year.

During the 5000 years from 2000 BCE to 3000 CE, Earth will experience 12,186 lunar eclipses. That is an average of 2.4372 per year.

So there are about 2.5% more lunar eclipses than solar.

Answer 5

Actually, you get two of each a year. However, the solar eclipses are only visible from a few places on Earth, whereas lunar eclipses can be seen from most of the Earth.

Answer 6

I have never even heard of a sloar eclipse.

Answer 7

Lunar eclipse is much more common according to my husband the amateur astronomer.