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Across
  1. 4. The phase when the moon is not visible
  2. 5. The phase when the moon appears like a crescent-c shape
  3. 6. The shape of the illuminated portion of the moon seen by an observer
  4. 9. an invisible line around which an object spins around another object
  5. 11. The path that one object in space takes around another object
  6. 12. One of four periods of the year (spring,summer, fall, winter)
  7. 15. The phase where half of the moon is illuminated
Down
  1. 1. When the moon is getting darker, less visible
  2. 2. events that are repeated in the same order consistently
  3. 3. One complete orbit made by a planet or satellite around another object
  4. 7. A dark area made by blocking light from reaching a part of the surface
  5. 8. The phase when the moon appears like an oval/round shape
  6. 10. The spinning of an object on its axis
  7. 13. the rising and falling of the sea due to the movements of the moon and the sun
  8. 14. When the moon is getting brighter, more visible
  9. 15. The phase when the moon appears fully illuminated
  10. 16. a sloping position