File talk:Lunar eclipse diagram-en.svg

ok so is it just me that thinks that the diagram dosent look right seeing as the sun dosnt orbit the earth? That diagram dosnt look right to me! Please explain.

It could be improved for clarity. It's showing motion on the celestial sphere, an imaginary sphere centered on the earth. From the earth center, the sun travels around once/year, and the moon once/month, and the nodes shows the locations that eclipses can occur. Tom Ruen (talk) 04:08, 27 June 2011 (UTC)

Misleading?

The diagram infers that the Sun moves around the Earth, which isn't true. The sun has no path, so how can that be on the diagram? Also, it has the Earth as the centre, and Earth isn't the centre of the Sun and Moon... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.49.87.9 (talk) 18:27, 14 January 2012 (UTC)

As I wrote above, it could be improved for clarity, but it is true as a reference frame from the earth, the motion of the moon and sun projected upon on the celestial sphere. From the earth center, the sun travels around once/year, and the moon once/month, and the nodes shows the locations that eclipses can occur. How else would you show the 5 degree inclination of the moon's orbital plane? Tom Ruen (talk) 21:25, 14 January 2012 (UTC)

Acending/Descending Nodes Confusion

According to the text of the article the Ascending Node is when the path of the Moon move across the ecliptic towards the north. This is not what the illustration shows. GregorDS (talk) 14:35, 12 May 2012 (UTC)