Plan to wash lots of clothes if you travel the world. (Photo: George Doyle/Stockbyte/Getty Images ) Phileas Fogg took 80 days to travel the world to win a bet. Nellie Bly beat that record by eight days to prove the resourcefulness of solo female travelers. Neither the fictional Fogg nor the ...
It is a popular misconception that the phenomenon of a total eclipse of the sun is a rare occurrence. Quite the contrary. Approximately once every 18 months (on average) a total solar eclipse is visible from some place on the Earthâs surface. That's two totalities for every three years.
Can a lunar and a solar eclipse happen in the same month? Please let me know whether two eclipses (one lunar and one solar) can occur in a month. Has there been any record of such an event occurring. If such an event is theoretically possible can you please tell when this might have occurred in the past. Thanks. I can't think of any reason why this shouldn't happen. As I'm sure you know, solar eclipses occur at new Moon if the orbital plane of the Moon is lined up just right so that the Moon passes directly in front of the Sun. Lunar eclipses occur at full Moon, if the Moon passes into the shadow of the Earth.