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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Perhaps pictures or video will help you understand.
[The Moon’s shadow moving across the Earth as viewed from space.](https://youtu.be/eTN50Qnzh6Q)
[My own video during the 2017 eclipse.](https://imgur.com/a/dTNpVbs)
I went to Cave-In-Rock State Park in southern Illinois to get in the path of totality. In my short video, it was close to totality with just a small bit of the Sun left to cover by the Moon. You can literally see the Sun quickly getting dimmer. I moved the camera away for a moment so you can see a star or planet (I don’t know which) appear above a tree. Then I moved back to the Sun and you can briefly see a dark spot in the center of the Sun. I was using my camera phone to record so I wasn’t using any filters. And you can safely look at the Sun during the eclipse. If you have the sound on, you’ll hear me exclaiming “Oh my God” repeatedly. There were hundreds of people there and you can hear their exclamations as well. It was a very emotionally moving experience for me. I can understand why people feel a religious experience from it.
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