Moon
Across
- 2. The light of the sun that is reflected back into space by the Earth, and which can illuminate other objects such as the Moon.
- 3. Any interference between the light from the Sun and the object being illuminated. The Moon frequently moves between the Earth and the Sun, blocking out the Sun's rays.
- 4. Daylight Savings Time.
- 6. The measurement of the diameter of a distant object from the perspective of the angle resulting between the observer and the object's outer edges. Also known as the 'visual diameter'.
- 8. During this phase of the Moon fifty percent of it is illuminated and visible from the Earth. It occurs after the Crescent phase and before the Waxing Gibbous phase.
- 9. The cliff-like wall formed by the impact of a meteor with a celestial body such as a planet or moon.
- 11. A term applied to the invisible path in the sky that the Sun moves through during the year, in relation to Earth and the other planets.
Down
- 1. The projection of the Earth's equator into space. It could be considered an invisible belt that surrounds the Earth in the minds of astronomers.
- 5. Term that is used to describe the First Quarter Moon and the Last Quarter Moon.
- 7. he famous image of the Moon frequently used in the media, consisting of only a thin crescent slice of the Moon being visible from Earth.
- 8. During this phase of the Moon it is entirely illuminated and visible from the Earth. The Moon is opposite the Sun in this phase, with the Earth in between.
- 10. This term is a unit-less measure that refers to the how much an object diffusely reflects light from the sun.