.OVERALL SOLAR eclipses have blown away folks considering that opportunity out of thoughts. The first record of one, kept on a clay tablet found at Ugarit, currently in Syria, is felt from its own age and location to explain either an eclipse that happened in 1375BC or one in 1223BC. Fabulous explanations for eclipses include the Sunlight being eaten by dogs, frogs or even dragons. The fact is even more prosaic. Eclipses are dued to the Moon moving in between Sun and also The planet in a way that throws a shade on aspect of Earth's surface. Why are total ones, like the one intercrossing aspect of The United States on April 8th, thus uncommon?