This is a projection of the Moon's "orbit" about the Sun onto the ecliptic plane. Also included is the Earth -- as you can see, it's hard to tell them apart at this resolution. Further plots are the "centre of curvature" for the trajectory of the Moon and Earth. The large spiky one is the Moon, and the almost unresolved dot near the centre is the Earth.
Data for the year 2006, and was taken from the JPL DE-405 ephemeris.
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This is a graph of the Moon's "orbit" about the Sun in the ecliptic plane. Also included is the Earth -- as you can see, it's hard to tell them apart at this resolution. Further plots are the "centre of curvature" for the trajectory of the Moon and Eart