Seasons, Moon Phases, and Eclipses

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Across
  1. 2. month of the winter solstice
  2. 4. about how many days are there between a new moon and a full moon
  3. 6. month of the summer solstice
  4. 8. we can thank the Earth's _____ for the seasons we experience
  5. 10. the rarest type of solar eclipse to see
  6. 11. the name for the darkest part of the moon (or Earth's) shadow
  7. 12. Earth spinning around itself
  8. 14. an occurrence that puts a small section of the Earth in the Moon's shadow.
  9. 16. when the southern hemisphere is tilted _____ from the sun, it experiences winter
  10. 19. an occurrence that puts the moon in the shadow of the Earth?
  11. 21. Earth going around the sun
  12. 23. a time when Earth's days are shortest (or longest)
Down
  1. 1. month of the fall equinox
  2. 3. this much percent of the moon is always lit by the sun
  3. 4. lunar eclipses only happen during this moon phase
  4. 5. a type of solar eclipse that happens when the moon is too far away and so the edges of the sun peeks out from behind the moon
  5. 7. Earth is closes to the sun in this month
  6. 9. the type of lunar eclipse where only a part of the moon is in Earth's shadow
  7. 13. about how many days are required for the Moon to go from on full moon phase to the next full moon phase
  8. 15. when the northern hemisphere is tilted ______ the sun, it experiences summer
  9. 17. month of the spring equinox
  10. 18. solar eclipses only happen during this moon phase
  11. 20. Earth is farthest from the sun in this month
  12. 22. a time when Earth's days and nights are equal in length