Lunar Cycle
Across
- 1. Light in Left side of the Moon, decreasing in amount of light, also, coincidentally, a rapper
- 3. The highest point on shore that the ocean reaches (occurs when the sun and moon are in line)
- 6. Sun, new moon, Earth, Full Moon (TOOL used)
- 7. the light is DECREASING from the LEFT; growing smaller, shrinking
- 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.
- 11. New Moon, First Quarter, Full Moon, Last Quarter. Major phases of the lunar cycle (TOOL used)
- 15. Half of the moon is visible from Earth; the Moon appears half lit on the left.
- 17. More than half of the moon is visible from Earth. The Moon appears more than half lit on the left; light is decreasing.
- 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.
- 19. a tide just after a new or full moon, when there is the greatest difference between high and low water.
Down
- 2. 7 days after waning crescent, you will find this lunar phase
- 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.
- 5. the lowest point on shore that the ocean reaches (occurs when the sun and moon are not in line)
- 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.
- 10. two weeks after a full moon, you will find this lunar phase
- 12. Half of the moon is visible from Earth; the Moon appears half lit on the right.
- 13. Fully visible (100% illuminated); the Moon appears fully lit and it is between the Earth and Sun.
- 14. a tide just after the first or third quarters of the moon when there is the least difference between high and low water.
- 16. On march 10th we experienced a waning crescent, 14 days later we'll experience this lunar phase