Across
- 5. Lava filled crater basins on the moon
- 8. about 6 days can be almost all white or just a little more than 1/2 white
- 10. when the size of the illuminated portion of the moon is greater than half but not a full moon,
- 12. The changing appearances of the Moon as seen from Earth
- 14. The phase of the moon when it is three-quarters of the way through its orbit, and we see the left half of the moon lighted
- 15. The spinning motion of a planet on its axis
- 16. a regular, repeating path that one object in space takes around another one
- 17. Moon phase that occurs when the Moon is between Earth and the Sun, at which point the Moon cannot be seen because its lighted half is facing the Sun and its dark side faces Earth
- 18. phase that occurs when all of the Moon's surface facing Earth reflects light
- 19. The movement of an object around another object
Down
- 1. When the Moon appears to get bigger; lit on the right side
- 2. The moon is a quarter of the way around the Earth. You can see the right half of the moon
- 3. When the Moon appears to get smaller; lit on the left side
- 4. Less then half of the moon is visible from earth
- 6. a valley on the moon caused by lava flows
- 7. a large, bowl-shaped opening in the ground on the surface of a planet or the moon, typically one caused by an explosion or the impact of a meteorite or other celestial body
- 9. A natural satellite of a planet
- 11. An object that orbits, or revolves around a larger object in space
- 13. The Latin word for moon
