The Moon

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Across
  1. 2. lighter, elevated regions of the moon covered in craters
  2. 4. the appearance of the moon growing
  3. 9. the most accepted theory to how the moon formed.
  4. 11. the moon phases after waning gibbous
  5. 12. the celestial object the moon orbits around
  6. 13. a circular depression on the moon's surface caused by impacts from meteoroids
  7. 15. produces heat and light through nuclear fusion reactions
  8. 19. the phase of the moon right before and after the full moon
  9. 20. the appearance of the moon shrinking
  10. 21. the side of the Moon we always see
  11. 25. the moon revolves and rotates at the same ____
  12. 26. the phases of the Moon depends on the Moons _____ in its orbit around Earth
  13. 27. the phase of the moon right before and after a new moon
  14. 28. another word for revolve
Down
  1. 1. the moon phase after waxing crescent
  2. 3. dark, flat plains on the moon formed by ancient volcanic activity
  3. 5. the side of the Moon always facing away from Earth
  4. 6. the moon reflects this from the sun
  5. 7. the number of moons Earth has
  6. 8. they call the Moon this because it orbits the Earth
  7. 10. The different shapes of the Moon visible from Earth
  8. 14. it takes the Moon 27.3 days to _____ around the Earth
  9. 16. the phase of the moon when no light is illuminating it
  10. 17. the celestial object that orbits the Earth
  11. 18. the Moon does not have this, so it's temperature cannot be regulated like on Earth
  12. 19. the force that pulls two things together
  13. 22. it takes the Moon 27.3 days to _____ on it's axis
  14. 23. the name of the moon phases cycle
  15. 24. the more you have of this, the stronger the gravitational pull