Lunar Eclipse Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 4. / This is the largest part of the moon's shadow. Part of the sun is still visible on Earth from this shadow.
  2. 6. / This the darkest part of the moon's shadow. Within it, sunlight is completely blocked.
  3. 7. / When the Sun, Moon and Earth are aligned in a straight line, and the moon is obscured by the Earth's Umbral shadow.
  4. 8. / When the Sun, Moon and Earth are aligned in a straight line. This is the name of that line.
Down
  1. 1. / The curved path of an object in the sky, around a star, planet or moon.
  2. 2. / This occurs when the Moon only falls into part of the Earth's umbral shadow so it isn't fully aligned with the Sun and Earth.
  3. 3. / This is when the moon is positioned directly behind the Earth, blocking sunlight from reaching it. This makes it look darker.
  4. 5. / This is the term to describe when the moon looks red during a total eclipse.