Sun, Earth, and Moon

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Across
  1. 5. quarter Waning moon phase: half of the lighted side can be seen from Earth.
  2. 7. basin Hollow area on the moon created by an object striking its surface.
  3. 8. eclipse When the moon temporarily blocks sunlight from reaching Earth.
  4. 11. When the sun's position is directly over the equator.
  5. 13. eclipse When Earth's shadow falls on the moon.
  6. 16. Earth's yearly orbit around the sun.
  7. 17. The amount of the moon's lighted side is increasing.
Down
  1. 1. Point at which the sun reaches its greatest point north or south of the equator.
  2. 2. Dark-colored flat regions of the moon.
  3. 3. An elongated closed curve.
  4. 4. The imaginary line around which a planet spins.
  5. 6. Round 3-D object whose surface is the same distance from the center at all points.
  6. 9. moon Moon Phase when all of the moon's surface facing Earth is lit up.
  7. 10. The spinning of Earth on its axis; causes day and night.
  8. 12. quarter Waxing moon phase: half of the lighted side can be seen from Earth.
  9. 14. moon Moon phase when the moon is between the Earth and the Sun and the moon cannot be seen.
  10. 15. phases The changing appearances of the moon as seen from Earth.
  11. 17. When the amount of the moon's lighted side is becoming smaller.