Lunar Cycle Vocab

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Across
  1. 6. - Make something visible or bright by shining light on it.
  2. 8. - The different shapes of the Moon that we see at different times of the month.
  3. 11. - The great size or extent of something.
  4. 12. - The moon's phase when its dark side is toward the earth.
  5. 13. - To increase in size
  6. 14. - The shape of the visible moon during about the first week after a new moon or the last week before the next new moon.
  7. 17. - Halfway between the new moon and full moon.
Down
  1. 1. - A circle of events that repeats in a regular pattern.
  2. 2. - Latin word for Moon.
  3. 3. - Occurs when one heavenly body such as a moon or planet moves into the shadow of another heavenly body.
  4. 4. - Resembling the moon.
  5. 5. - Very long-period waves that move through the ocean in response to the forces exerted by the moon and sun.
  6. 7. - The seventh phase in the cycle of phases
  7. 9. - To decrease in size
  8. 10. - A certain phase of the moon, when it's bulging outward but isn't quite full.
  9. 11. - The large round object that circles the Earth and that shines at night by reflecting light from the Sun.
  10. 15. - The planet we all live in (3rd plant of the Solar System) and also the moon orbits our planet.
  11. 16. - The Star that our planet orbits.
  12. 17. - Whole Moon visible.
  13. 18. - The sun's rays as a source of energy from which power for domestic or industrial use may be generated.