The Moon

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