Eclipses and Moons: A Celestial Challenge
Across
- 4. The darkest part of a shadow where light is completely blocked.
- 5. Something that happens once every year.
- 7. Something that makes things visible; energy that our eyes can see.
- 10. A dark area formed when an object blocks light.
- 11. The lighter part of a shadow where some light is blocked but not all.
- 14. When one celestial body completely blocks another, like when the moon covers the sun completely from Earth.
- 15. Earth's natural satellite that orbits around it.
Down
- 1. The planet we live on.
- 2. The star at the center of our solar system.
- 3. When the entire surface of the moon is visible from Earth.
- 6. The time of day when it's dark outside because the sun has set.
- 8. When only a part of one celestial body is obscured by another, like when the moon only partially covers the sun from Earth's perspective.
- 9. When Earth passes between the sun and the moon, casting a shadow on the moon.
- 12. When objects are positioned in a straight line.
- 13. When the moon isn't visible from Earth because it's between the Earth and the Sun.