Earth's Moon
Across
- 2. the time it takes for one rotation to occur
- 3. less than a full circle
- 5. the quarter moon that is waxing
- 7. an object that orbits another object
- 8. the phase where the moon is a sliver of light
- 9. one object moving around another object
- 12. the phase that occurs when the near side is fully lit
- 15. the source of the moon's light
- 17. how the moon appears to observers on Earth
- 18. the amount of moonlight seen from Earth is decreasing
- 19. a natural satellite
Down
- 1. the force that pulls the moon towards Earth
- 4. the darkest part of a shadow
- 6. spinning on an axis
- 10. one object in space casts a shadow on another object
- 11. the number of moons that orbit Earth
- 13. the amount of moonlight seen from Earth is increasing
- 14. the number of Earth days for one rotation of the moon
- 16. the phase when the near side of the moon is unlit