Phases of the Moon

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Across
  1. 3. The moon _____________ the earth - which means it goes around the earth.
  2. 5. The full moon is fully ____________ toward the sun.
  3. 6. Moonlight is actually ___________________ sunlight.
  4. 8. The moon getting bigger is called ________________.
  5. 10. waxing happens ______________ waning.
  6. 11. Waxing crescent happens before waxing ______________.
  7. 13. _____________ gibbous happens before waning gibbous.
  8. 14. A lunar month is ___________ than it takes for the moon to orbit the earth.
Down
  1. 1. The moon getting smaller is called ________________.
  2. 2. 29.5 days is the length of a ______________ month.
  3. 4. The moon is a natural ________________ - which means it orbits the earth.
  4. 7. It takes 27.3 ___________ for the moon to orbit the earth.
  5. 9. Waning gibbous happens before waning _______________.
  6. 12. A new moon is _____________ the earth and the sun.
  7. 15. We can hardly see a ___________ moon.