.COMPLETE SOLAR eclipses have blown away individuals considering that time out of thoughts. The first record of one, protected on a clay-based tablet discovered at Ugarit, currently in Syria, is actually strongly believed from its grow older and site to explain either an eclipse that took place in 1375BC or one in 1223BC. Famous explanations for eclipses consist of the Sun being actually consumed by dogs, toads or even dragons. The reality is actually extra prosaic. Eclipses are caused by the Moon moving in between Sun and Earth in such a way that projects a darkness on part of The planet's area. Why are overall ones, like the one crossing part of The United States and Canada on April 8th, so uncommon?