Solar and Lunar Eclipses
Across
- 3. Occurs at beginning and end of solar eclipse, where it looks like a ring
- 5. Beads of sunlight that shine through during a solar eclipse due to the rugged topography of the moon
- 9. Partially shaded outer region of the shadow cast by an opaque object
- 11. When the Earth's shadow blocks the sun's light
- 13. An eclipse of the sun where the edge of the sun remains visible around the moon
- 14. Curved path of a celestial object around a star, planet or moon
Down
- 1. When the moon passes directly behind the earth and into its shadow
- 2. an alignment of three celestial objects
- 4. When the moon passes through the outer part of the shadow of the earth
- 5. When Earth's moon is in a total lunar eclipse, it looks red
- 6. A rare type of solar eclipse that changes its appearance as the moons shadow moves across the Earth's surface
- 7. An eclipse of a celestial body in which only part of the luminary is obscured or darkened
- 8. The track of the moon's shadow across the Earth's surface
- 10. An eclipse in which the whole of the disk of the sun or moon is obscured
- 12. Shaded inner region of a shadow cast by an opaque object