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Why is it more common to see a lunar eclipse than a solar eclipse?.
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Why is it more common to see a lunar eclipse than a solar eclipse?.

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A lunar eclipse happens on the moon. Anybody on Earth's night side can see it.

A solar eclipse happens on Earth's surface. Only the people inside the small end of the moon's shadow can see it.

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Lunar eclipses are more widely visible because Earth casts a much larger shadow on the Moon during a lunar eclipse than the Moon casts on Earth during a solar eclipse.

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