Across
- 4. Moon’s orbit time relative to stars.
- 6. Spinning of a planet on its axis.
- 7. Entire celestial body is obscured.
- 9. Spring day when night and day are equal.
- 11. Sun’s yearly path across the sky.
- 13. Moon phase with no visible light from Earth.
- 15. Distance light travels in one year.
- 16. Time Earth takes to rotate once relative to stars.
- 17. Longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere.
- 20. Star groupings that form imaginary patterns.
- 22. Earth casts a shadow on the moon.
- 23. Time from one noon to the next.
- 25. The current North Star.
- 29. Fall day when night and day are equal.
- 30. Slow wobble of Earth’s rotational axis.
- 31. Moon’s growing light phase.
- 32. Sky point directly above Earth’s South Pole.
Down
- 1. Shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere.
- 2. Only part of the celestial body is covered.
- 3. 12-sign belt along the ecliptic.
- 5. Everything that exists—space, time, matter, and energy.
- 8. Sky’s projection of Earth’s equator.
- 10. Earth’s orbit time relative to fixed stars.
- 12. Darkest part of a shadow.
- 14. Imaginary sky dome with stars fixed on it.
- 18. Entire face of the moon is lit.
- 19. Sky point directly above Earth’s North Pole.
- 21. Time between two new moons.
- 24. Thin curved sliver of moon’s light.
- 26. Lighter, outer part of a shadow.
- 27. Time from one vernal equinox to the next.
- 28. Moon’s shrinking light phase.