Across
- 2. when the moon is going from full moon to new moon; able to see less moon
- 6. the phase of the moon in which only a dim outline of its shape is visible
- 8. the phase of the moon when it is three-quarters of the way through its orbit, and we see half of the moon lighted
- 9. a ball or ice, rock, and frozen gases that orbits the sun
Down
- 1. the phase of the moon in which we see the entire moon lighted, and it appears bright and round
- 2. when the moon is going from new moon to full moon; able to see less moon
- 3. a huge system of stars
- 4. a chunk of rock that survives its fall to Earth or another body
- 5. quartermoon the phase of the moon when it is one-quarter of the way through its orbit, and we see half of the moon lighted
- 7. a process that joins or fuses the nuclei of hydrogen atoms to form the nuclei of helium atoms
