.COMPLETE SOLAR eclipses have dazzled folks since opportunity out of mind. The very first file of one, maintained on a clay-based tablet located at Ugarit, currently in Syria, is actually believed from its own age and location to define either an eclipse that happened in 1375BC or even one in 1223BC. Famous descriptions for eclipses feature the Sunshine being eaten through dogs, frogs or monsters. The fact is extra prosaic. Eclipses are actually caused by the Moon relocating between Sunshine as well as Planet in such a way that casts a shadow on component of Planet's surface area. Why are total ones, like the one crossing portion of The United States on April 8th, so uncommon?