.TOTAL SOLAR eclipses possess impressed individuals considering that opportunity out of thoughts. The first file of one, maintained on a clay-based tablet computer discovered at Ugarit, currently in Syria, is actually strongly believed from its own age and also site to explain either an eclipse that occurred in 1375BC or one in 1223BC. Epic illustrations for eclipses feature the Sun being actually eaten by canines, frogs or dragons. The fact is actually more prosaic. Eclipses are actually triggered by the Moon moving in between Sun and Planet in such a way that projects a shade on part of The planet's area. Why are complete ones, like the one crossing component of The United States on April 8th, thus rare?