Moon Phases

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Across
  1. 3. Is the disk or crescent of light you see in the night sky. The natural satellite of Earth.
  2. 5. As the moon starts to move around the earth, the illuminated side becomes more and more visible. From our vantage point it seems to grow and get bigger. This period of getting bigger is called waxing.
  3. 7. as fading or becoming less strong or powerful. When the moon goes from a full moon to a crescent moon, this is an example of a time when it is waning.
  4. 9. occurs when the other half of the Moon is illuminated compared to the first quarter.
Down
  1. 1. when the moon is near the sun and invisible.
  2. 2. Wolves howl on this phase of the moon.
  3. 4. The first fourth of the Moon's period of revolution around the Earth.
  4. 6. A moon in between a half-moon but less than a full moon, or something that protrudes or creates an obvious bulge.
  5. 8. A thin, curved shape that's thicker in the middle and tapers to thin points at each end, like the little sliver of moon you might notice in the sky.