Across
- 2. results from a lunar impact
- 3. this eclipse can result in a blood moon
- 4. one quart through its orbit
- 6. an explanation for the formation of the Moon
- 10. the cause of tides
- 11. Earth sees me like this when I am a waning crescent
- 14. a lesser influencer to the tides
- 15. describes the tides when the moon is full
- 16. when Venus blocks light going to the Earth
- 17. the only wavelengths that can make it
Down
- 1. the direction of the Moon's orbit (also, anti- could be a prefix for it in Britain)
- 5. earth's atmosphere to the Moon during an eclipse
- 7. ancient lava flows on the moon made of basalt
- 8. the darkest part of the Moon's shadow
- 9. describes the tides during a quarter moon phase
- 12. the type of eclipse that happens during a new moon
- 13. one reason for the rarity of eclipses
- 15. a month that is 29.5 days. The moon goes more than 360 degrees around the Earth