Across
- 2. This object blocks the sunlight from reaching its target during a lunar eclipse
- 6. This object blocks the sunlight from reaching its target during a solar eclipse
- 9. portion of the moon that is always illuminated
- 11. When the lit portion of the moon is getting smaller
- 12. The moon at its closest point to earth in its orbit
- 14. The direction of the moons orbit around the Earth
- 16. The envelope of gases that surround the Moon
- 17. When the lit portion of the moon is more than half, but less than full
- 19. What something is made of
- 20. Phase of the moon when the earth, sun, moon form a 90 degree angle
- 21. Thickest layer of the moon with no tectonic plates
- 22. Moon phase during a lunar eclipse
- 23. Time of day during a solar eclipse
- 24. Moon phase during a solar eclipse
Down
- 1. Outermost layer of the moon, containing rocks, mountains, no water
- 3. The spin of the moon on its axis
- 4. Pools of cooled lava
- 5. The earth is how many times bigger than the moon
- 7. Time of day a lunar eclipse occurs
- 8. The type of rock that is mainly found on the moon
- 10. When the lit portion of the moon is getting bigger
- 13. The trip the moon makes around the Earth
- 14. Innermost layer of the moon
- 15. The type of orbit the moon makes around the Earth
- 16. The moon at its furthest point to earth in its orbit
- 18. Type of plane that the Earth, Sun, and Moon need to line up on to have an eclipse