Lunar Cycle

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Across
  1. 1. Light in Left side of the Moon, decreasing in amount of light, also, coincidentally, a rapper
  2. 3. The highest point on shore that the ocean reaches (occurs when the sun and moon are in line)
  3. 6. Sun, new moon, Earth, Full Moon (TOOL used)
  4. 7. the light is DECREASING from the LEFT; growing smaller, shrinking
  5. 9. Less than half of the moon is visible from Earth. Light is increasing on the right; first appears like a very thin crescent which thickens over time.
  6. 11. New Moon, First Quarter, Full Moon, Last Quarter. Major phases of the lunar cycle (TOOL used)
  7. 15. Half of the moon is visible from Earth; the Moon appears half lit on the left.
  8. 17. More than half of the moon is visible from Earth. The Moon appears more than half lit on the left; light is decreasing.
  9. 18. Less than half of the moon is visible from Earth. The light is decreasing on the left; looks like a thick crescent that thins over time.
  10. 19. a tide just after a new or full moon, when there is the greatest difference between high and low water.
Down
  1. 2. 7 days after waning crescent, you will find this lunar phase
  2. 4. Starting phase of the lunar cycle. No reflected light from the Sun is visible; the Moon appears unlit from Earth and it is between the Earth and Sun.
  3. 5. the lowest point on shore that the ocean reaches (occurs when the sun and moon are not in line)
  4. 8. More than half of the moon is visible from Earth; the Moon appears more than half lit on the right; shaped like a football or "humped" half circle.
  5. 10. two weeks after a full moon, you will find this lunar phase
  6. 12. Half of the moon is visible from Earth; the Moon appears half lit on the right.
  7. 13. Fully visible (100% illuminated); the Moon appears fully lit and it is between the Earth and Sun.
  8. 14. a tide just after the first or third quarters of the moon when there is the least difference between high and low water.
  9. 16. On march 10th we experienced a waning crescent, 14 days later we'll experience this lunar phase