text: in what orbit does the moon rotate around the sun? we all know from physics that the planets rotate around the sun on an elliptical orbit.but since the moon orbits the earth,which in turn orbits the sun,would its orbit look like a helical spring while observing from the sun? the orbit of the moon is distorted by the earth and vice versa.  the orbits are also distorted slightly by the other planets. however, the distance between the earth and the moon is about 1/400 of the distance from the earth to the sun. because of that, the moons orbit is always curved towards the sun even though it isn't a perfect ellipse.