Across
- 2. the phase of the Moon when it is getting fuller
- 3. "When the Moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that's ____."
- 6. Popular wisdom holds that the Moon is made of ___ ___.
- 12. the first human to walk on the Moon
- 14. The Moon is in ____ ____ with the Earth, meaning that the Moon always shows Earth the same face.
- 16. The second full moon in a month is called a ___ ___.
- 19. a Pagan ritual called "___ ___ the Moon"
- 21. The Moon is Earth's only permanent natural _____.
Down
- 1. The moment when the Moon is closest to the Earth is called a ___ ____.
- 4. An earthquake on the Moon is called a _____.
- 5. If the Moon is between the Earth and the Sun in its orbit, then the back side of the Moon is lit up and the side facing the Earth is in darkness; this is called a ___ ____.
- 7. The Moon's orbit around our planet is shaped like a slightly squashed circle known as an ____.
- 8. The full moon of January is often called the ___ Moon.
- 9. these mythological beasts are human during the day but turn into wolves by the light of the Moon
- 10. The first spacecraft to reach the Moon was called ___ ___.
- 11. when the Sun and Moon are aligned on opposite sides of the Earth
- 13. The Moon is smaller than the Earth and therefore has less ____.
- 15. A popular conspiracy theory argues that the moon is ____.
- 17. Japanese folk tradition says that this animal lives in the Moon pounding rice cakes
- 18. The rise and fall of the ___ on Earth is caused by the Moon.
- 20. this bald super villain from a popular kid's movie franchise stole the Moon
