<p>As written <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/10-facts-solar-eclipse-march-2015.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>Another oddity of nature is that solar eclipses and lunar eclipses tend to come in pairs – a solar eclipse always takes place about two weeks before or after a lunar eclipse.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>And <a href="http://vnatsci.ltu.edu/s_schneider/astro/wbstla2k/mytalk/leclipse.shtml" rel="nofollow">here</a>:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>Rules of Eclipses (Solar and Lunar) ... Eclipses tend to go in pairs or threes : solar-lunar-solar. Lunar eclipse always preceeded by or followed by a solar eclipse (two weeks between them)</p>
</blockquote>

<p>So, seems like a totally common thing.</p>

<p>P.S. The previous pair was first lunar on Oct 8, 2014, and then solar on Oct 23rd.</p>

CC BY-SA 3.0
2015-03-20T20:43:01.497Z
2015-03-21T01:18:08.460Z
2015-03-21T01:18:08.460Z
Actine
<p>Going through <a href="http://earthsky.org/" rel="nofollow">http://earthsky.org/</a>…/dates-of-next-lunar-and-solar-eclipses I made the (what was for me - momentous) discovery that</p>

<p>March 20, 2015 - New moon - is a Solar Eclipse, and that the succeeding
April 04, 2015 - Full moon - heralds a Lunar Eclipse.</p>

<ul>
<li>Is it common that both New/Full moon in a fort-night cause an eclipse?</li>
<li>When was the last time an Eclipse occurred back-to-back on a consecutive New Moon/Full Moon?</li>
</ul>

CC BY-SA 3.0
2015-03-21T01:42:14.707Z
There is something strange about your dates. All the news has a solar eclipse on the spring equinox, March 20.
LDC3
<solar-eclipse><lunar-eclipse>
.2015: When last did both New/Full moon in a fort-night cause an Eclipse?
Everyone
# .2015: When last did both New/Full moon in a fort-night cause an Eclipse?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-03-20)

Going through <http://earthsky.org/>…/dates-of-next-lunar-and-solar-eclipses I made the (what was for me - momentous) discovery that

March 20, 2015 - New moon - is a Solar Eclipse, and that the succeeding
April 04, 2015 - Full moon - heralds a Lunar Eclipse.

* Is it common that both New/Full moon in a fort-night cause an eclipse?
* When was the last time an Eclipse occurred back-to-back on a consecutive New Moon/Full Moon?

**Tags:** solar-eclipse, lunar-eclipse

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: There is something strange about your dates. All the news has a solar eclipse on the spring equinox, March 20.  

---

## 1 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2015-03-20. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

As written [here](http://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/10-facts-solar-eclipse-march-2015.html):

> Another oddity of nature is that solar eclipses and lunar eclipses tend to come in pairs – a solar eclipse always takes place about two weeks before or after a lunar eclipse.

And [here](http://vnatsci.ltu.edu/s_schneider/astro/wbstla2k/mytalk/leclipse.shtml):

> Rules of Eclipses (Solar and Lunar) ... Eclipses tend to go in pairs or threes : solar-lunar-solar. Lunar eclipse always preceeded by or followed by a solar eclipse (two weeks between them)

So, seems like a totally common thing.

P.S. The previous pair was first lunar on Oct 8, 2014, and then solar on Oct 23rd.


---

