.COMPLETE SOLAR eclipses possess impressed folks considering that opportunity out of thoughts. The initial record of one, kept on a clay-based tablet discovered at Ugarit, now in Syria, is strongly believed from its own age as well as area to describe either an eclipse that occurred in 1375BC or even one in 1223BC. Legendary descriptions for eclipses feature the Sunshine being consumed through pets, frogs or monsters. The fact is actually extra prosaic. Eclipses are actually dued to the Moon moving in between Sunlight and also The planet in a way that throws a darkness on portion of The planet's surface area. Why are actually total ones, like the one crossing portion of The United States on April 8th, so uncommon?