.COMPLETE SOLAR eclipses have blown away individuals because opportunity out of thoughts. The initial report of one, maintained on a clay tablet found at Ugarit, now in Syria, is actually believed from its own age and site to illustrate either an eclipse that took place in 1375BC or one in 1223BC. Fabulous illustrations for eclipses include the Sunlight being actually consumed by pets, toads or even dragons. The truth is actually a lot more prosaic. Eclipses are triggered by the Moon moving in between Sun and also The planet in a way that throws a shadow on part of Earth's surface area. Why are actually overall ones, like the one intercrossing part of The United States and Canada on April 8th, thus uncommon?