why do eclipses like up perfectly and yet in the days surrounding the sun isn’t partially covered as the solar bodies gradually like up?

Question

Seems odd that they go from not being near one another at all (to partially cover) to suddenly being perfectly lined up.

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Answer 1

Seems like there should be a video of this, a cone showing how the shadow of the moon approaches and moves away from the earth around the time of an eclipse. There’s lots of videos, but few have the shadow penciled in.