Chapter 3 - Lunar Phases

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Across
  1. 5. The moon phase after a New Moon, with a lit crescent on the right side.
  2. 6. The "Renaissance Man" who first theorized earthshine.
  3. 8. The time when the Last Quarter moon transits the meridian.
  4. 11. The moon phase when it appears that the left half of the moon is lit.
  5. 14. The approximate amount of time between the New Moon and First Quarter Moon phases.
  6. 15. Phase of the moon just before a Full Moon, during which the right side of the moon is lit.
  7. 17. Phenomenon when the earth reflects light onto the dark part of the moon.
  8. 19. 29 1/2 day astronomical cycle based on the time it takes for the moon to complete one orbit around the earth
Down
  1. 1. The moon phase during which we see the left half of the moon lit.
  2. 2. The phase of the moon after a Full Moon, during which the left side of the moon is mostly lit.
  3. 3. Increasing
  4. 4. The time when the First Quarter moon sets.
  5. 5. Decreasing
  6. 7. Phase of the moon when the moon is located between the Sun and Earth
  7. 8. Time when the Full Moon rises
  8. 9. The moon rises about this many minutes later each day.
  9. 10. The moon phase just before a New Moon when the left side of the moon has a lit sliver.
  10. 12. Dark, flat areas on the moon's surface formed from lava.
  11. 13. Means humpback
  12. 16. The moon phase during which we see the right half of the moon lit.
  13. 18. The phase of the moon when the moon is on the opposite side of Earth from the Sun.