There are on average about 240 solar eclipses and a similar number of lunar eclipses each century.
How often does a solar eclipse occur in california.
On average it takes about 375 years for a total solar eclipse to happen again at the same location.
By comparison a total lunar eclipse also known as a blood moon can be seen from any location approximately every 2 5 years.
However many of these events can be seen only from remote locales where travel is difficult.
In terms of the united states the august 21 2017 total solar eclipse was the first to traverse the country in nearly a century.
A total solar eclipse is visible from somewhere on earth about every 18 months.
This is the big one but you do need to be in the right place to get the most of this once in a lifetime solar eclipse in north america the following really big total solar eclipse in north.
How to use altitude direction to find in the sky.
Some type of eclipse occurs roughly every six months somewhere in the world.