Space Vocab

1. The visible part of the lit side of the moon is getting smaller
3. The movement of one object in an orbit around another object
6. When the moon moves directly between the sun and earth
8. The angle a planet's axis is tilted from vertical
9. The visible part of the lit side of the moon is getting bigger
10. A period of the year with a certain level of temperature and type of weather

2. The force that pulls everything toward the center of the earth
4. When Earth is between the moon and the sun and Earth's shadow falls on the moon
5. The turning of an object on its axis
7. The different shapes the moon seems to have when viewed from Earth
11. Measurement equal to the distance from the Earth to the sun