Moon Phases and Eclipses

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Across
  1. 4. The name for the full moon we see during a full lunar eclipse (hint: it is red in color)
  2. 6. A star, planets, and all the other objects that revolve around that star.
  3. 9. The portion of the Moon or a planet reflecting light as seen from Earth
  4. 10. Earth's takes 24 hours
  5. 11. the lighter part of the moon or Earth's shadow, where light is partially blocked
  6. 13. the very darkest part of the moon or Earth's shadow
  7. 15. A solar eclipse during which the Sun and the moon align perfectly and the Sun becomes fully blocked by the disk of the Moon.
  8. 16. The spiral galaxy that contains our solar system.
  9. 18. A solar eclipse during which the Sun becomes only partially blocked by the disk of the Moon. The Sun and the moon are not perfectly aligned.
  10. 19. The phases in which the lit portion of the moon is getting smaller each night- going from full moon to new moon.
  11. 22. A lunar eclipse during which the Moon becomes partially covered by Earth's umbral shadow and partially covered by Earth's penumbral shadow.
  12. 23. All of space and everything in it
  13. 24. The movement of an object around another object
Down
  1. 1. A name for a phase of the moon with a "swollen" shape
  2. 2. The spinning of Earth (or the moon) on its axis.
  3. 3. The blocking of sunlight to the moon that occurs when Earth is directly between the sun and the moon, at the full moon phase.
  4. 5. A lunar eclipse during which the Moon passes only within Earth's penumbral shadow and does not fall within the umbra.
  5. 6. The name for something that revolves around something else
  6. 7. a moon phase that appears black, or like there is no moon in the night sky
  7. 8. A lunar eclipse in which the Moon becomes fully covered by Earth's umbral shadow. The moon appears red in color.
  8. 12. A name for something that repeats over and over
  9. 14. Earth's takes 365 1/4 days
  10. 17. The imaginary line on which an object rotates.
  11. 19. The phases in which the lit portion of the moon is getting larger each night- going from new moon to full moon.
  12. 20. A force that pulls objects toward each other
  13. 21. A name for a phase of the moon with the "c" shape