Across
- 4. The point in its orbit where the Earth is farthest from the sun.
- 6. The term that describes a planet or celestial body turning on its axis.
- 8. Latin for "ring"
- 11. The direction the Moon revolves around the Earth.
- 13. The average number of hours between high and low tide.
- 14. The phase of the moon when neap tides occur.
- 16. Tides that have the least extreme difference between low and high.
- 18. The Earth experiences different seasons, because it is tilted on its _____.
- 19. When the moon is getting brighter on successive nights in the sky.
Down
- 1. The sun is in the ______ during a total eclipse.
- 2. Another word for counterclockwise.
- 3. The term that describes the orbit of one celestial body around another.
- 5. The phase the moon must be in to enable a lunar eclipse.
- 7. The point in its orbit that the moon must be in order for an annular eclipse to occur.
- 9. Before totality in a lunar eclipse, the moon is in the _____.
- 10. When a shadow is cast on the moon or the sun due the perfect alignment of the sun-earth-moon system.
- 12. The phases of the moon that occur between the full and new moons.
- 15. Tides that occur at the new and full moon.
- 17. The phase of the moon where moonrise and sunrise happen at the same time.
