Across
- 2. an eclipse in which the sun is obscured by the moon
- 3. the phase of the moon in which its whole disk is illuminated
- 5. by earth tilt on the axis
- 8. an eclipse in which the moon appears darkened as it passes into the earths shadow
- 9. moon is in 1st and 3rd quarter position and so we sun and moon pulling gravity in opposite directions-makes low and high tides
- 10. Earth spinning on its axis
Down
- 1. the equinox in spring on about march 12 in the northern hemisphere and sept.22 in the southern hemisphere
- 4. orbit around the sun
- 6. the solstice
- 7. moon and sun lined up pulling each other extra gravity causing higher tides high and lower tides low