.OVERALL SOLAR eclipses have awed individuals since time out of mind. The very first document of one, protected on a clay-based tablet located at Ugarit, currently in Syria, is strongly believed coming from its own age as well as site to define either an eclipse that happened in 1375BC or one in 1223BC. Famous illustrations for eclipses include the Sun being consumed by dogs, frogs or monsters. The fact is even more prosaic. Eclipses are brought on by the Moon moving in between Sunlight as well as Earth in such a way that casts a shadow on part of The planet's area. Why are total ones, like the one intercrossing aspect of The United States and Canada on April 8th, thus uncommon?