.COMPLETE SOLAR eclipses possess impressed folks given that opportunity out of mind. The initial document of one, protected on a clay tablet computer found at Ugarit, currently in Syria, is actually thought coming from its grow older and area to explain either an eclipse that happened in 1375BC or even one in 1223BC. Epic descriptions for eclipses consist of the Sun being actually eaten through pets, frogs or even monsters. The truth is actually even more prosaic. Eclipses are dued to the Moon moving between Sunshine and The planet in a way that casts a shadow on aspect of The planet's area. Why are actually complete ones, like the one crossing part of The United States and Canada on April 8th, therefore uncommon?