.COMPLETE SOLAR eclipses possess dazzled individuals because time out of thoughts. The very first document of one, maintained on a clay tablet computer discovered at Ugarit, currently in Syria, is thought from its age as well as site to explain either an eclipse that took place in 1375BC or one in 1223BC. Famous illustrations for eclipses consist of the Sunlight being actually eaten by dogs, toads or dragons. The truth is more prosaic. Eclipses are actually caused by the Moon moving in between Sunlight and Earth in a way that casts a shade on portion of The planet's surface area. Why are overall ones, like the one crossing aspect of The United States and Canada on April 8th, thus uncommon?