Across
- 4. known as a half moon and it is waxing
- 6. the phase when the moon is getting smaller and right before a new moon
- 9. everything that has mass and volume
- 12. the shadow cast by the earth or moon over an area experiencing a partial eclipse.
- 14. a place in space where no light can get out and it sucks in everything around it
- 16. when the moon passes in between the earth and the sun
- 17. when the moon is completely dark from earths perspective.
- 19. when the moon shrinks from 99.9% to 50.1%
- 21. the amount that light travels in one year
Down
- 1. right after a new moon and is the smallest amount of light that the sun hits the moon (Besides no light)
- 2. the galaxy in which we live in
- 3. when the moon appears fully illuminated from the earth's perspective
- 5. the ability to do work
- 7. space rock
- 8. has two tails
- 10. when the moon passes into earths shadow and is in lined with earth and the sun
- 11. means gaining less sunlight
- 13. moon phase that begins after the first quarter moon
- 15. someone who studies space
- 18. means gaining more sunlight
- 20. beyond the orbit of Neptune is believed to contain many comets, asteroids, and more.