Outer Space

1. The Moon sits directly between the Earth and the Sun, leaving the side facing us completely dark and invisible
6. only time of year when both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres experience roughly equal amounts of daytime and nighttime
9. Decreasing in size
11. raised swell of water on the Earth's oceans caused by the gravitational pull of the Moon and the Sun
12. Largest planet in our solar system
13. known as the red planet

2. increasing in size
3. closest planet to sun
4. describing a moon or planet that is more than half illuminated
5. occurs twice a year when the earths axis is tilted furthest toward or away from the sun
7. planet with the largest visible rings
8. one celestial body, such as a planet or moon, moves into the shadow of another body
10. the planet we live on