This view shows you the Moon as it revolves around the Earth, and the Earth as it revolves around the Sun. The Earth, Sun, and Moon are not to scale in this window. The Sun is the yellow ball in the middle of the window, the Earth is the blue-green ball, and the Moon is the small gray ball. The Earth has a line sticking out from the north and south poles representing Earth's axis.
In this view, you are looking at Earth's orbit along the "edge" of the