The Moon

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Across
  1. 2. Able to be seen, not in shadow, being hit by light rays
  2. 3. closest point in an orbit
  3. 5. The lunar phase where the moon, Earth, and the sun form a perpendicular angle; the moon looks like a semicircle with half visible
  4. 6. The appearance of the lit area of the moon as seen from Earth
  5. 9. Lunar phases when the moon appears to be growing from new moon to full moon
  6. 10. large, dark, basaltic plains on Earth's Moon, formed by ancient volcanic eruptions
  7. 12. Lunar phases when the moon appears to be shrinking from full moon to new moon
  8. 14. The lunar phase where Earth is directly between the sun and the moon; the moon looks like a circle
  9. 15. Lunar phase when less than half but at least some of the visible side is illuminated
Down
  1. 1. Change in direction (redirection) of light rays after hitting an object
  2. 4. a large, bowl-shaped cavity in the ground or on the surface of a planet or the moon
  3. 7. lunar phase where the moon is directly between Earth and the sun; the new moon cannot be seen from Earth
  4. 8. Darkness within space from which rays from a source of light are cut off by an blocking object
  5. 11. farthest point in an orbit
  6. 13. Lunar phase when more than half but less than all of the visible side is illuminated