I have a question about the ecliptic and didn't want to necessarily start a new thread:

I understand the ecliptic (the apparent paths of the sun, moon, and planets when viewed from a particular place on earth) will change seasonally as the earth progresses in its orbit and due to the tilt of the earth's rotational axis in relation to the so called plane of our solar system. Sometimes it will be higher in the sky with a steep angle to the horizons, sometimes lower with shallower angles.

Last month for me (40 degrees N lattitude) the Moon and at least a couple planets were very low in the sky. I tried figuring it out holding apples and oranges and thought I understood the seasonal change. However, less than a month later, the moon is extremely high in the sky for me, so much so that it looks like it rises north of east. I didn't think the change would happen so fast. Is there something about the orbit of the Moon I'm not understanding that makes its path across my sky vary so quickly? (Or am I nuts? I can accept that. )

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