.OVERALL SOLAR eclipses possess dazzled individuals due to the fact that time out of thoughts. The initial file of one, protected on a clay tablet computer discovered at Ugarit, currently in Syria, is felt coming from its age and also place to illustrate either an eclipse that took place in 1375BC or one in 1223BC. Famous descriptions for eclipses feature the Sun being actually consumed through pet dogs, toads or even monsters. The truth is actually extra prosaic. Eclipses are brought on by the Moon moving in between Sun as well as Planet in a manner that projects a shadow on aspect of The planet's surface. Why are total ones, like the one crossing portion of North America on April 8th, therefore rare?