The Moon Crossword

2. The path of an object as it revolves around another object due to their mutual gravitational attraction.
4. When an object blocks the light from the Sun. The Moon is an object which moves between the Earth and the Sun, blocking out the Sun's rays creating this.
6. When applied to the Moon, this refers to the cycle of different ways we see it illuminated. These include New, Waxing Crescent, First Quarter, Waxing Gibbous, Full, Waning Gibbous, Third Quarter Waning Crescent and New.
9. The line which determines the boundaries of night and day on a celestial body. The Moon's phases illustrate this.
11. The rising and falling levels of the ocean a result of gravitational forces of the Sun and Moon upon the planet.
12. Do other planets have moons?

1. The natural satellite in orbit around the planet Earth other planets also have natural satellites simular.
3. An arrangement of lenses, or curved mirrors and lenses, which collect and focus rays of light resulting in a magnified image.
5. Can be an artificial or natural object which orbits.
7. The Moon is not a perfect sphere, but has both mountains and depressions, these depressions can be formed by impact or volcanos and are called?
8. The attractive force which governs the motion of the celestial bodies, controlling the orbits of all planets in our solar system.
10. Half the diameter of any sphere or circle.