Suppose a particle is moving under the superposition of two S.H.M in the perpendicular direction... The general equation for the trajectory for the resultant motion arising due to the two component S.H.Ms(with phase difference $/delta$ and amplitude $A_1$ and $A_2$) is known to be a ellipse.. But how i may determine if the particle will be moving clockwise or anticlockwise in the ellipse. When i researched about it, I found that it depends on which component leads the other but Iam not able to understand it

Please explain in simple manner