Across
- 4. When the Moon passes between the Earth and the Sun blocking the Sunlight from reaching Earth
- 6. The curved path of a celestial object or spacecraft around a star, planet, or moon
- 8. Largest part of the shadow
- 11. To move or shift so as to lean
- 12. When Earth blocks the Sun's light from reaching the Moon and the Moon is in Earth's shadow
- 14. Occurs when the Moon passes partly into the umbra of Earth's shadow
- 15. an eclipse of the sun in which the moon does not completely hide the solar surface or photosphere so that some direct rays of sunlight reach the observer
Down
- 1. A dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface
- 2. The large round object that circles the Earth and that shines at night by reflecting light from the sun
- 3. Occurs at a full Moon when Earth is directly between the Moon and the Sun
- 5. A circular movement of an object around a center of rotation
- 7. When an object in space comes between the Sun and a third object and cast a shadow on that object.
- 9. The motion of an object around a point, especially around another object or a center of mass
- 10. When the Moon blocks the light from the Sun and part of Earth is in the Moon's shadow
- 13. The shadow excluding all light from given source
