Eclipse Crossword (April 2024)

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Across
  1. 2. The effect seen just before and just after totality when only a few points of sunlight are visible around the Moon's edge; Baily's _____.
  2. 4. A ______ eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between the Sun and the Earth.
  3. 7. The point at which an object is farthest from the Earth.
  4. 8. A magnetic disturbance on the Sun that appears as a dark botch on its surface.
  5. 9. The point in which an object is closest to the Sun. Earth reaches this point in January.
  6. 10. The period during a solar eclipse when the Sun's is completely covered by the Moon or the Moon is in the complete shadow of the Earth.
  7. 13. A solar eclipse that occurs when the apparent size of the Moon is not large enough to completely cover the sun.
  8. 15. The part of a shadow, as of the Moon or the Earth, within a source of light, usually the Sun, is only partially blocked.
  9. 17. The upper atmosphere of the Sun. It appears as a halo around it during a total solar eclipse.
  10. 19. The point in which an object's orbit is closest to Earth.
Down
  1. 1. The edge between night and day on the Moon or on a planet. On the Earth, this line moves from east to west.
  2. 3. A _______ eclipse occurs when the Moon passes through the Earth's shadow, which can only occur when there is a full moon.
  3. 5. The point at which an object is farthest from the Sun. Earth reaches aphelion every July.
  4. 6. The ____ of Totality that the Moon's shadow traces on Earth during a total solar eclipse.
  5. 7. That part of the Moon's shadow that extends beyond the umbra.
  6. 11. A _____ moon is the complete appearance of the Sun's light on the Moon. A blue moon is simply the appearance of this kind of moon twice within the same month.
  7. 12. Phase of the Moon when more that half of it appears to be illuminated at night. When the Moon is closer to being Full, it is Waxing; when closer to New, it is Waning.
  8. 14. A complete shadow, within which a source of light, is completely hidden from view.
  9. 16. The alignment of celestial bodies so that one is obscured. either partially or totally, the other.
  10. 18. A _____ moon is the absence of the Sun's light on the Moon, creating a completely dark night sky.