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

Imagine you’re sitting in an office chair in a dark room and someone is pushing you in circles around a glow in the dark ball

You also have a yo-yo that you’re spinning around your head on its string, but you’re not spinning it horizontal, you’re spinning it at an angle. That angle does not change as you get pushed around the room.

Only occasionally will the yo-yo be directly between you and the glowing ball, and only for a very brief amount of time. There is no lead up to it, it just crosses and is gone.

This is what is happening during a solar eclipse.

This video might help you understand it better.