Moon Phase Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 4. The moon looks larger, due to proximity
  2. 7. Completely illuminated phase
  3. 9. More illumination, after the new moon
  4. 12. The color of the moon due to smoke or dust
  5. 13. Rising ocean waters, due to moon's gravitational pull on Earth
  6. 14. The less dark shadow during a total lunar eclipse
  7. 15. Anything related to the sun
  8. 17. To be in the light
  9. 18. Thin, like a sliver phase
Down
  1. 1. Invisible, mostly dark phase
  2. 2. The last half moon, left side illuminated
  3. 3. When the moon moves into Earth's shadow
  4. 5. The color of the moon in a total eclipse
  5. 6. The darkest part of the total lunar eclipse
  6. 8. Half moon, right side illuminated
  7. 10. The phase where the moon is more than half illuminated or dark
  8. 11. This moon looks smaller, due to distance
  9. 16. Less illuminated, after the full moon