Earth's Moon
Across
- 1. one object in space casts a shadow on another object
- 6. less than a full circle
- 8. an object that orbits another object
- 9. the amount of moonlight seen from Earth is increasing
- 10. the source of the moon's light
- 11. the side of the moon never seen from Earth
- 14. the number of moons that orbit Earth
- 15. the phase where the moon is a sliver of light
- 16. the amount of moonlight seen from Earth is decreasing
- 18. one object moving around another object
- 19. a natural satellite
- 20. the quarter moon that is waning
Down
- 2. how the moon appears to observers on Earth
- 3. the number of Earth days for one rotation of the moon
- 4. the phase that occurs when the near side is fully lit
- 5. the phase right after a new moon
- 7. the darkest part of a shadow
- 12. spinning on an axis
- 13. the phase when the near side of the moon is dark
- 17. the force that pulls the moon towards Earth