Eclipse Crossword Puzzle
Across
- 4. this eclipse occurs when a portion of the Earth is engulfed in a shadow cast by the Moon which fully or partially blocks sunlight. This occurs when the Sun Moon and Earth are aligned.
- 6. What gives the moon light
- 7. we would see that the Moon's umbral shadow is not long enough to reach Earth. Instead, the antumbra shadow reaches Earth.
Down
- 1. The moons dark inner shadow
- 2. the moons faint outer shadow
- 3. New Moon, waxing Crescent, First Quarter, Waxing Gibbous, Full Moon, Waning Gibbous, Last quarter. Waning Crescent, and New Moon (again)
- 5. this eclipse occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow. This can occur only when the Sun, Earth and Moon are exactly or very closely aligned with Earth between the other two, and only on the night of a full moon.