The Moon Phases

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Across
  1. 4. the increasing amount of illumination of the Moon’s face before full moon
  2. 5. the movement of an object around another object
  3. 6. Alignments of the Sun, Earth, and Moon
  4. 9. the spinning of an object like the Earth, on its axis
  5. 10. the phase of the Moon when the Earth-facing hemisphere is illuminated over less than 50 percent of its area
Down
  1. 1. the phase of the Moon seen when the Earth-facing hemisphere is illuminated over more than 50 percent of its area
  2. 2. the decreasing amount of illumination of the Moon’s face after full moon as it moves to new moon
  3. 3. the pull of gravity on the Earth caused by the moon in the ocean
  4. 7. the force that tries to pull two objects towards each other
  5. 8. cycle the change in the appearance of the moon as it makes one full revolution around the Earth