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

The moon rotates the earth in 27 days (roughly), or slightly more than 13 degrees of arc per night.

Take your hand and hold it out at armslength. Make the devilhorns sign with your fingers as far between them as you can. That’s about 15 degrees of arc, so move your index finger so that it’s not quite so wide and instead pointing straight. That should be about 13 degrees between the outer edge of your finger tips. That’s how far the moon has traveled since the previous night. Much too far away to block the sun.