Astronomy

2. Phases of the moon during which the moon's sunlit area is decreasing.
9. Movement of the Earth around its axis. The spin of a body on its axis.
10. Moon phase in which the waning half of the moon is visible from Earth.
11. Phase of the moon during which the side of the moon facing the Earth is unlit by the sun.
14. Natural or artificial body that rotates arodun a planet.
15. Tides that occur during a full and new moon and cause higher high tides and lower low tides.
16. to move in a sloping position
18. When the moon is between the earth and the sun, and casting a shadow on the Earth.
20. Occurs when earth changes its position around the sun (winter, spring, summer, and fall)
21. the dividing line between the shape of the moon
23. occurs two times in the year, the sun either reaches its highest or lowest point in the sky at noon
24. phase in which the whole lighted side of the moon can be seen on Earth

1. Phases of the moon during which the moon's sunlit area is increasing.
3. Waxing or waning, more than half of the moon is visible.
4. The moment when the sun passes directly above the equator from south to north. Marks the beginning of spring in the Northern Hemisphere.
5. There are 2 different kinds. occurs when a complete or partial hiding of the sun caused by the moon's passing between the sun and the earth.
6. Moon phase in which the waxing half of the moon is visible from Earth.
7. When the Earth is between the moon, and the sun and casting a shadow on the moon.
8. Imaginary straight line running through the Earth from pole to pole.
12. Tides that occur during a 1st and 3rd quarter moon phase and cause higher low tides and lower high tides.
13. The motion of a body that travels around another body in space; one complete trip along an orbit.
17. the different stages of the moon are called...
19. Waxing or waning, less than half of the moon is visible.
22. The path that a body follows as it travels around another body in space.