.TOTAL SOLAR eclipses possess blown away people considering that time out of mind. The first report of one, kept on a clay-based tablet discovered at Ugarit, currently in Syria, is felt coming from its own grow older and also area to explain either an eclipse that occurred in 1375BC or one in 1223BC. Legendary explanations for eclipses consist of the Sunshine being eaten through dogs, toads or even monsters. The reality is a lot more prosaic. Eclipses are triggered by the Moon moving in between Sun and The planet in a manner that throws a shade on component of Earth's surface area. Why are complete ones, like the one crossing part of The United States and Canada on April 8th, so rare?