.OVERALL SOLAR eclipses possess dazzled people due to the fact that opportunity out of mind. The 1st file of one, kept on a clay-based tablet found at Ugarit, right now in Syria, is thought from its age as well as location to define either an eclipse that happened in 1375BC or even one in 1223BC. Epic descriptions for eclipses consist of the Sun being eaten through pets, toads or even monsters. The fact is extra prosaic. Eclipses are brought on by the Moon moving between Sun as well as The planet in a way that projects a darkness on aspect of Planet's surface. Why are overall ones, like the one crossing part of The United States and Canada on April 8th, therefore unusual?