Eclipses

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Across
  1. 4. When the Moon passes between the Earth and the Sun blocking the Sunlight from reaching Earth
  2. 6. The curved path of a celestial object or spacecraft around a star, planet, or moon
  3. 8. Largest part of the shadow
  4. 11. To move or shift so as to lean
  5. 12. When Earth blocks the Sun's light from reaching the Moon and the Moon is in Earth's shadow
  6. 14. Occurs when the Moon passes partly into the umbra of Earth's shadow
  7. 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. 1. A dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface
  2. 2. The large round object that circles the Earth and that shines at night by reflecting light from the sun
  3. 3. Occurs at a full Moon when Earth is directly between the Moon and the Sun
  4. 5. A circular movement of an object around a center of rotation
  5. 7. When an object in space comes between the Sun and a third object and cast a shadow on that object.
  6. 9. The motion of an object around a point, especially around another object or a center of mass
  7. 10. When the Moon blocks the light from the Sun and part of Earth is in the Moon's shadow
  8. 13. The shadow excluding all light from given source