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- 1. The current pole star.
- 5. “Once in a blue moon” refers to the instance when there is a full moon _______ in a calendar month.
- 6. The furthest point of a moon on its orbit is called the ______________.
- 8. An eclipse season and occur about every _______ months and last for 34 days.
- 9. For an eclipse to occur, the moon, sun and Earth must be lined up along the same ________.
- 10. This word is derived from the word "Moon".
- 11. Earth's ___________________absorbs some colors while allowing others to pass through.
- 12. The blue moon can never occur in this month.
- 15. A supermoon occurs when the full moon occurs at the moon's _________ (the closest point of the moon's orbit closest to Earth)
- 16. The pole star for the ancient Egyptians.
- 19. A blood moon is a moon formed during a __________eclipse.
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- 2. “Blood moon" occurs during a lunar eclipse when faint red _____________ shines out from the edges of the moon.
- 3. The next pole star.
- 4. The next blue moon in 2018 will occur in _______.
- 5. During a year with blue moon, there are _________ lunations as compared to the usual twelve.
- 7. The Moon's orbit around Earth is _____________.
- 13. The earth is ___________ the moon and the sun.
- 14. A lunar eclipse is when the ______'s shadow blocks the sun.
- 17. The main body of the shadow.
- 18. Lunar eclipse occurs only during a _______ moon.
