Is lunar eclipse longer than solar eclipse?

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Yes. The Earth is much larger than the Moon, so the shadow of the Earth is larger than the shadow of the Moon. And a solar eclipse happens here on the Earth, as the Moon's shadow crosses the Earth; at most, an observer at one spot on the Earth will experience an eclipse that lasts 7 minutes, 30 seconds. (If you could travel across the Earth while remaining in the shadow, like NASA's C141 transport with the large telescope, you could experience a couple of HOURS of eclipse.)

For an observer here on Earth, the lunar eclipse happens ON THE MOON, so we can see the whole thing, up to about 90 minutes in duration.
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