Moon Phases (cycle, terminator, waxing, crescent, waning, gibbous, new, full, Last, First, Rotation, Orbit, Apollo11)
Across
- 3. To Revolve around another celestial object
- 4. The light is shaped like a football
- 6. The change in appearance of the Moon as it makes one full revolution around the Earth is called the lunar ____.
- 8. The Moon is one quarter of the way through its cycle, From the Earth it appears to be half lit on the right. It is called a _______ Quarter Moon.
- 9. The Moon is three-quarters of the way through its cycle, From the Earth it appears to be half lit on the left, it is called a ______ Quarter moon.
- 11. The day/night line
- 12. The lighted part of the Moon as seen from Earth is increasing
Down
- 1. The lighted part of the Moon as seen from Earth is decreasing
- 2. A thin, curved shape that's thicker in the middle and tapers to thin points at each end
- 5. The first phase of the Moon, Moon is between the Earth and the Sun, it appears unlit from Earth.
- 7. To spin on its' axis
- 8. The phase of the moon when the entire face of the moon is illuminated,The Earth is between the Sun and the Moon, two weeks after the new moon.
- 10. The first spaceflight to land on the moon