.COMPLETE SOLAR eclipses possess awed individuals considering that time out of thoughts. The initial file of one, preserved on a clay-based tablet found at Ugarit, now in Syria, is actually believed from its grow older and also area to define either an eclipse that occurred in 1375BC or even one in 1223BC. Epic explanations for eclipses consist of the Sunshine being actually consumed by dogs, toads or even monsters. The fact is actually even more prosaic. Eclipses are actually caused by the Moon moving in between Sun and Earth in a way that throws a shade on part of The planet's surface. Why are overall ones, like the one crossing portion of The United States and Canada on April 8th, therefore rare?