.COMPLETE SOLAR eclipses possess awed folks due to the fact that opportunity out of thoughts. The 1st record of one, protected on a clay-based tablet located at Ugarit, currently in Syria, is actually thought from its own age as well as area to illustrate either an eclipse that took place in 1375BC or even one in 1223BC. Legendary explanations for eclipses include the Sun being actually consumed by dogs, toads or dragons. The reality is much more prosaic. Eclipses are actually caused by the Moon relocating in between Sun as well as Planet in a manner that projects a shadow on aspect of Planet's surface area. Why are actually overall ones, like the one crossing component of The United States and Canada on April 8th, thus rare?