The Moon

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Across
  1. 2. Lunar phases when the moon appears to be shrinking from full moon to new moon
  2. 4. Able to be seen, not in shadow, being hit by light rays
  3. 5. Lunar phases when the moon appears to be growing from new moon to full moon
  4. 6. Darkness within space from which rays from a source of light are cut off by an blocking object
  5. 11. The lunar phase where the moon, Earth, and the sun form a perpendicular angle; the moon looks like a semicircle with half visible
  6. 12. The appearance of the lit area of the moon as seen from Earth
  7. 13. closest point in an orbit
Down
  1. 1. Lunar phase when more than half but less than all of the visible side is illuminated
  2. 3. lunar phase where the moon is directly between Earth and the sun; the new moon cannot be seen from Earth
  3. 7. farthest point in an orbit
  4. 8. Lunar phase when less than half but at least some of the visible side is illuminated
  5. 9. Change in direction (redirection) of light rays after hitting an object
  6. 10. The lunar phase where Earth is directly between the sun and the moon; the moon looks like a circle