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

They don’t line up very closely and are not in the same plane, and the angle changes quite rapidly, so the conditions are only right for a short time. Hours not days, and minutes in any given spot on the surface.