From a Particular Location on Earth, Why Can We See

question 7

Multiple Choice

From a particular location on Earth, why can we see many more total eclipses of the Moon than total eclipses of the Sun?

• A) the line-up of the Earth, Moon, and Sun needed for a lunar eclipse happens many, many times more often than the line-up needed for a solar eclipse
• B) the Moon is much bigger in the sky than the Sun
• C) the Moon is always in the same place in our sky, while the Sun moves around the sky
• D) a total lunar eclipse is visible over a much larger part of the Earth's surface than a total solar eclipse
• E) you can't fool me, we always see exactly the same number of total lunar and total solar eclipses from any one location on Earth