Across
- 5. the layer of gases surrounding a celestial body
- 9. the moon's phases when more than have but not all of the surface is illuminated
- 10. when the moon is lit up by the sun it is ________
- 12. the moon's phases when it appears to shrink or get smaller
- 13. the third planet from the sun, home to humans and other life
Down
- 1. the different shapes the moon appears to have from Earth
- 2. the moon's phases when it appears to grow or get larger
- 3. the moon's phases when less than half of its surface is illuminated, appearing as a curved shape
- 4. a rocky space object that circles Earth
- 6. an event when the moon is positioned between the Sun and Earth
- 7. what the moon reflects from the sun
- 8. the star at the center of our solar system
- 11. the moon's movement around the sun in a circular motion
