Across
- 2. A sequence of phases of the moon as it revolves around the Earth once every 29.5 days
- 5. slanted, not straight
- 7. Moon phase that occurs when the Moon is between Earth and the Sun, at which point the Moon cannot be seen because its lighted half is facing the Sun and its dark side faces Earth.
- 9. Time when the Sun is farthest from the equator.
- 11. An imaginary line that passes through Earth's center and the North and South poles, about which Earth rotates
- 13. Occurs when the Moon passes directly between the Sun and Earth and casts a shadow over part of Earth
- 14. The two days of the year on which neither hemisphere is tilted toward or away from the sun
Down
- 1. getting smaller
- 3. the blocking of sunlight to the moon that occurs when Earth is directly between the sun and the moon
- 4. The changing appearances of the Moon as seen from Earth
- 6. an event in which the shadow of one celestial body falls on another
- 8. getting bigger
- 10. The moon orbits the Earth at about a 5 degree tilt in comparison to the Earth's orbit around the sun. This is why we do not always have a solar/lunar eclipse each month.
- 12. travels in a path around the sun