Moon Phases Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 3. The periodic rise and fall of the oceans caused by the gravity of the moon and sun
  2. 4. The moon being fully illuminated
  3. 7. Occurs when the moon blocks sunlight from reaching Earth's surface
  4. 11. The first manned landing on the moon.
  5. 12. When the moon is completely dark as seen from Earth
  6. 14. Moon phases in which the moon is becoming more lit every day
  7. 15. Moon phase in which less than half of the moon appears illuminated
  8. 16. The darkest part of the shadow during a lunar or solar eclipse
  9. 17. The appearance of the moon, as viewed from Earth, at different points along its orbit
Down
  1. 1. Right half of the moon is illuminated
  2. 2. The first man on the moon.
  3. 5. The lighter part shadow during a lunar or solar eclipse
  4. 6. Moon phase in which more than half of the moon is lit.
  5. 8. Moon phase in which the moon becomes lit every day
  6. 9. A natural object that orbits a planet
  7. 10. Most widely accepted theory that explains the birth of the moon
  8. 13. Left half of the moon is illuminated