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Anonymous 1123
Next Spherical Wedge is [Spherical Sector](
https://mathworld.wolfram.com/SphericalSector.html)
![ScreenHunter 56.png](/image?hash=903de6f4c4cbb5b56647706ce6722bbb04d8c540f9ae8bc08bdfb1e485d0795f)

How to draw it?
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user 3.14159
I do not think that it will be fun to make this work for all possible view angles, but for those similar to your screen shot it is not too difficult.
```
\documentclass[tikz,border=3mm]{standalone}
\usetikzlibrary{calc,decorations.pathreplacing,3dtools}%https://github.com/marmotghost/tikz-3dtools
\begin{document}
\pgfdeclarelayer{background} 
\pgfdeclarelayer{foreground}
\pgfsetlayers{background,main,foreground}
\begin{tikzpicture}[declare function={R=2;},line cap=round,line join=round,
	sphere/.style={ball color=blue,3d/screen coords,fill opacity=0.8,
		insert path={(0,0) circle[radius=R]}}]
 \begin{scope}[3d/install view={phi=110,psi=0,theta=75}]
  \path  (0,0,0) coordinate (O) (0,0,1) coordinate (P) (0,0,1.5) coordinate (Q);
  \tikzset{3d/circle construction/.code={
  \draw[stored path/reset coordinate index,
  	3d/hidden/.style={store path=bg#1},
  	3d/visible/.append style={on layer=foreground}]   	
	pic{3d/circle on sphere={R=2,P={(#1)}}};	
  \pgfmathtruncatemacro{\Nhid}{tikztdindexoflastcoordinate}
  \ifnum\Nhid>0
   \path[stored path/first coordinate of=bg#1] coordinate (bg#10)
	 [stored path/last coordinate of=bg#1] coordinate (bg#11);
  \fi	
  \draw[stored path/reset coordinate index,
  	3d/hidden/.append style={on layer=background},
  	3d/visible/.style={store path=fg#1}]		
	pic{3d/circle on sphere={R=2,P={(#1)}}};	
  \pgfmathtruncatemacro{\Nvis}{tikztdindexoflastcoordinate}	
  \ifnum\Nvis>0
   \path[stored path/first coordinate of=fg#1] coordinate (fg#10)
	 [stored path/last coordinate of=fg#1] coordinate (fg#11);
  \fi}}	
  \tikzset{3d/circle construction/.list={Q,P}}
  \pgfmathtruncatemacro{\itest}{(\Nhid>0?1:0)+(\Nvis>0?2:0)}
  \begin{scope}[3d/screen coords]
   \clip[overlay,on layer=background,even odd clip] 
    [stored path/restore path=bgQ] -- ++ (0,R) -| cycle 
	[generous outside path];
   \clip[overlay,even odd clip] 
    [stored path/restore path=fgQ] -- ++ (0,R) -| cycle 
	[generous outside path];
   \clip[overlay,on layer=foreground,,even odd clip] 
    [stored path/restore path=fgQ] -- ++ (0,R) -| cycle 
	[generous outside path];
   \ifcase\itest
	% no path
   \or
	% only hidden
	\begin{scope}[on layer=background]
	 \clip[stored path/restore path=bgP];
	 \path[sphere,ball color=gray];
	\end{scope}
   \or
	% only visible
	\begin{scope}[on layer=foreground]
	 \clip[stored path/restore path=fgP];
	 \path[sphere];
	\end{scope} 
   \or
    \begin{scope}[on layer=background]
	 \clip let \p1=(bgP0),\p2=(bgP1),\n1={Mod(atan2(\y1,\x1),360)},
	 	\n2={Mod(atan2(\y2,\x2),360)}
	  in (bgP0) [stored path/append path=bgP] -- (bgP1)
	  arc[start angle=\n2,end angle=\n1,radius=R] -- cycle;
	 \path[sphere,ball color=gray]; 
	\end{scope}
    \begin{scope}[on layer=foreground]
	 \clip let \p1=(fgP0),\p2=(fgP1),\n1={Mod(atan2(\y1,\x1),360)},
	 	\n2={Mod(atan2(\y2,\x2),360)}
	  in (fgP0) [stored path/append path=fgP] -- (fgP1)
	  arc[start angle=\n2,end angle=\n1,radius=R] -- cycle;
	 \path[sphere]; 
	\end{scope}
   \fi
  \end{scope}
  \pgfmathsetmacro{\myh}{tddistance("(O)","(P)")}
  \pgfmathsetmacro{\myr}{sqrt(R*R-\myh*\myh)}
  \path (P) pic{3d/shaded cone={r=\myr,h=-\myh}};
  \draw[3d/visible,3d/screen coords] circle[radius=R];
 \end{scope} 
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}
```
![Screen Shot 2021-03-28 at 7.25.44 AM.png](/image?hash=ae4d86b67691b545072f098986e5490ab4988ce07c85c2f9598231714e929098)

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