.COMPLETE SOLAR eclipses possess dazzled individuals considering that opportunity out of thoughts. The initial document of one, preserved on a clay-based tablet computer found at Ugarit, now in Syria, is thought from its grow older and also place to describe either an eclipse that happened in 1375BC or even one in 1223BC. Epic explanations for eclipses include the Sunlight being actually eaten through canines, toads or dragons. The fact is actually even more prosaic. Eclipses are actually caused by the Moon relocating in between Sunlight and also Earth in such a way that casts a shadow on aspect of Earth's surface area. Why are overall ones, like the one crossing portion of The United States and Canada on April 8th, so unusual?