.OVERALL SOLAR eclipses possess impressed folks given that time out of mind. The initial report of one, protected on a clay-based tablet located at Ugarit, currently in Syria, is strongly believed from its grow older and area to explain either an eclipse that occurred in 1375BC or even one in 1223BC. Epic descriptions for eclipses include the Sunlight being actually consumed through pet dogs, toads or even monsters. The truth is actually much more prosaic. Eclipses are brought on by the Moon moving between Sunlight and Earth in a manner that casts a darkness on portion of Earth's area. Why are total ones, like the one crossing part of The United States on April 8th, thus uncommon?