The Moon's Changing Face: Eight Phases in a Lunar Cycle

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Across
  1. 2. there are 12 complete lunar cycles in this time period
  2. 4. This is when half of the lit side of the Moon is visible.
  3. 5. This means decreasing or shrinking.
  4. 6. this changes between the Sun, Earth , and Moon so we see different amounts of the moon lit throughout each month
  5. 9. the amount of the Moon that the Sun always illuminates
Down
  1. 1. a repeated pattern such as the 29.5 days in which the moon completes is phases
  2. 3. This means growing or expanding.
  3. 7. phase of moon when we cannot see its illlumniated side
  4. 8. distict phases(looks) that the moon goes through each month