Does a solar eclipse occur more often then a lunar eclipse????
956093
The lunar plane (the imaginary circle around the earth in which the moon revolves) is not in line with earth's view of the sun, hence solar eclipses, especially total solar eclipses, are rare events.\n\nBoth types of eclipses have comparative frequencies, but you're more likely to be able to see a lunar eclipse. The reason is, the earth's shadow is so much larger than the moon, and amost anyone on the night side of the earth will be able to see the lunar eclipse.\n\nCompare this to the shadow of the moon, which is really small when it falls on the earth, so only a limited number of people in a small area can see it.
503710
no moon occurs when moon is covered by the shadow of earth,\nsimilarly on full moon moon is not covered by the shodow. all the phases of moon are caused by the shadow of earth which falls on moon bcoz of sun
646581
Undoubtedly our moon has been impacted by asteroids and other objects that otherwise would have struck Earth. If the moon wasn't there, then it follows that we might be struck more frequently.
135072
I would expand this to say that a lunar eclipse occurs when the earth is positioned directly between the sun and the moon, and their plane of orbits align.\n\nThe last point is critical because you could easily wonder why we don't have lunar eclipses every month when the moon's orbit is such that the earth is in the middle... because the order of the planets is not only important, but that they line up just exact so that the earth's shadow does not fall just above or below the moon, but directly on it.
246567
lunar eclipses take place only during full moon, and if the moon passes through a part of the earth's shadow.\n\nsince we have a full moon at least once every 29.5 days, one does wonder why we don't have a lunar eclipse every month. \n\nfact is, the moon orbits arond the earth at five degrees to the earth's orbit around the sun. this means that the moon is either above or below the plane of the earth's orbit. this plane (of earth's orbit around the sun) is important because this is where earth's shadows lie. during full moon, the moon passes above or below earth's shadows, therefore we don't get a lunar eclipse. in a year, though, the moon gets to pass twice up to 4 times through part of the earth's shadows -- which causes a partial or total lunar eclipse.
746634
Day or night, you are seeing the portion of the moon that is facing the sun. The only time Earth blocks illumination of the moon is during a lunar eclipse, which happens only two or three times a year.
239104
There are two types of eclipses. Solar and lunar. A solar eclipse occurs when the moon passes between the Earth and the sun.  A lunar eclipse is when the Earth casts it's shadow on the moon, basically the Earth passes between the sun and the moon.
38064
A solar eclipse occurs when the moon passes between the Earth and the sun. Due to a remarkable coincidence, the apparent size of the moon of the sky is almost exactly the same as the apparent size of the sun, and from our point of view here on Earth, it seems to gradually "cover" the sun.
104556
No.\n\nThe distance between the Moon and the Sun is always changing.  Sometimes the Moon is between the Earth & the Sun, and sometimes it is on the other side of the Earth from the Sun.\n\nAll because the Moon is orbiting the Earth.
350565
Lunar: the earth gets between the sun and the moon and so it projects its shadow on the moon and it dissapears for a moment.\nSolar: The moo gets between the earth and the sun and you stop seeing the sun or a part of it during some moments, a complete solar eclipse you still see a ring of sun around the moon due to size difference. This doesn't happen on the lunar one as the projected shadow of the earth is much bigger than the moon (and the earth itself) so the moon can disappear for several minutes...
1058600
both are always in the sky. sun goes round the earth and the earth goes round the moon. depends on the time of year moon cycles etc etc
1727
Yes -- in fact you are living on one.  The earth and moon is quite unusual in being relatively the same size to earth other compared to other moons around other planets in the solar system.\n\nIn that respect you can consider the earth and moon as being twin planets.\n\nAs to how often this happens outside the solar system, you would probably have to wait a few years as we have only just started to be able to detect planets around nearby stars but currently have no real means of actually observing them.
1144844
To begin with, we should know that the earth revolves around the sun and the moon revoloves around the earth. When the moon comes in between the earth and the sun and the three are in a straight line, some portion of the earth, which is facing the moon experiences the solar eclipse.\nHowever, when the earth comes in between sun and the moon, then lunar eclipse takes place.( Moon does not have any light of its own, we see it shining because of the sun light. Hence when the sunlight is blocked there is no light for moon to shine and there is lunar eclipse)
1027317
You mean the moon and the sun, which is true\nsometimes, but there are also eclipses where\nthe moon is smaller than the sun, so a small\nring of light is left uncovered (called an annular\neclipse)...\n\nBy a stroke of amazing coincidence, both the\nmoon and the sun are approx 108 times as\nfar from the earth as their diameter, so they\nappear the same size in the sky... 108 is a\nmystic number in spirituality, so I doubt if this\nis really a coincidence!
873536
There is one full moon in a lunar month. When thre is 2full moons in a calendar mont it is called a blue moon. Hence the saying once in a blue moon, not very often.
384596
No and Yes.\n\nThe moon is orbiting the Earth more slowly than the Earth is rotating.  It falls behind a little every day.  About 56 minutes behind.  So if tonight the Moon rises over the mountains at 8:00pm, tomorrow it will rise over the mountains at 8:56pm.  (thats the No)\n\nIn pretty much the same place. (There's your Yes)
952624
An eclipse is when one body is between the Earth and another, obscuring it from view.  There are different kinds,  A solar eclipse is when the moon blocks the sun.  A lunar eclipse is when the Earth blocks the sun's light from reaching the moon, causing our shadow to pass over it.