Celestial Mechanics Book Recommendations 
RiderOfGiraffes: I would suggest you start with WikiPedia.Main page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MoonRelationship with Earth: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Earth-Moon.PNGDetails of the orbit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbit_of_the_MoonRelevant terms and parameters: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Orbit1.svgThen decide what you want to know next.And while I applaud your interest and enthusiasm, why didn't you simply use Google to get started?http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=the+moonhttp://www.google.co.uk/search?q=the+moon+orbit