LIGHTING DEVICE FOR ILLUMINATING A PASSENGER COMPARTMENT AND MOTOR VEHICLE

The invention relates to a lighting device (14) for illuminating an interior space (15) of a motor vehicle (13), comprising at least a first light source (17) and a second light source (18), which are designed to be activated independently of one another and to illuminate the interior space (15), wherein the first light source (17) has a first main light emission direction (22) and the second light source (18) has a second main light emission direction (23), and comprising a diffuser element (20) positioned in the light paths of the light sources (17, 18), wherein a light shading element (25) of the lighting device (14) is arranged at least partially on a connecting line (24) connecting the main light emission directions (22, 23) between the first light source (17) and the second light source (18), and the light shading element (25), viewed in the direction of the connecting line (24), is arranged closer to the first light source (17) than to the second light source (18).