WolfishMusings does your Rav say to make a bracha on a lunar eclipse? What’s his svara?
I don’t know. I did not ask.
However, if I had to guess, I’d say that the difference is that lunar eclipses are a lot more common* and less dramatic than solar eclipses and hence not “worthy” of a b’racha.
Ps – The MB brings down the Sefer Chasidim who says to fast when there’s a lunar eclipse.
Not when it occurs on Shabbos, Pesach or Sukkos, of course.
The Wolf
* Actually, they both occur with about the same frequency, but a lunar eclipse is visible all over the night side of earth (as opposed to a small area of the day side during a solar eclipse), and so any given spot on earth sees far more lunar eclipses than solar eclipses.