What celestial phenomenon is explained by the fact that the plane of the moon's orbit around the earth is not the same as the plane of the earth's orbit around the sun?

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What celestial phenomenon is explained by the fact that the plane of the moon's orbit around the earth is not the same as the plane of the earth's orbit around the sun?