Reference frame matters. Looking at it from the perspectibe of the Sun, the Moon orbits the Sum directly. It never exhibits any kind of retrograde movement , and merely experences minor deviations due to the Earth, just as the Earth's orbit experiences deviations due to the Moon.

The distinction here is incredibly arbitrary, and the incredibly knee-jerk reactions to the question point to an unwillingness to actually consider the question out of emotionally charged, and rigid geocentric thinking.