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 orbits don’t work like that. The moon isn’t spinning around the Earth once a day, Earth is spinning once a day while the moon orbits once every 27 days. There is no lead up to the moon passing between Earth and the sun.