Question about the orbiting plane of the moon

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Sep 24, 2008

I know that the moon orbits the Earth in a plane that inclines about 5 degrees with the Earth orbting plane (around the sun). My question is does the moon orbiting plane wobble or it hold still? If it wobbles, what is the period?

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It wobbles, or more properly, undergoes precession, with a period of 18.6 years.

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