How often is it possible for solar eclipses to occur?

It is a popular misconception that total solar eclipses are rare occurrence -- they take place about once every 18 months. ... outside the path of totality — likely finding this out with a heavy heart when the waning crescent of sunlight slid completely around the dark edge of the moon and started thickening! read more

” is 29 days (= 1 synodic month). (Complete answer on the NASA page Periodicity of Solar Eclipses.) Intervals of 6 synodic months (177 days) between two solar eclipses over the same spot are rather uncommon. read more

Total solar eclipses happen when the Moon completely covers the Sun, and it can only take place when the Moon is near perigee, the point of the Moon's orbit closest to Earth. You can only see a total solar eclipse if you're in the path where the Moon's casts its darkest shadow, the umbra. read more