Across
- 5. determined by, or resembling the moon.
- 6. the curved path of a celestial object or spacecraft around a star, planet, or moon, especially a periodic elliptical revolution.
- 7. a three-dimensional representation of a person or thing or of a proposed structure, typically on a smaller scale than the original.
- 9. the time or date (twice each year) at which the sun crosses the celestial equator, when day and night are of approximately equal length
- 10. a distinct period or stage in a series of events or a process of change or development.
- 12. the movement of an object in a circular or elliptical course around another or about an axis or center.
- 14. the shadow cast by the earth or moon over an area experiencing a partial eclipse.
- 16. an obscuring of the light from one celestial body by the passage of another between it and the observer or between it and its source of illumination
Down
- 1. an eclipse in which the moon appears darkened as it passes into the earth's shadow.
- 2. the action of rotating around an axis or center.
- 3. the fully shaded inner region of a shadow cast by an opaque object, especially the area on the earth or moon experiencing the total phase of an eclipse.
- 4. an eclipse in which the sun is obscured by the moon.
- 8. ach of the four divisions of the year (spring, summer, autumn, and winter) marked by particular weather patterns and daylight hours, resulting from the earth's changing position with regard to the sun.
- 11. the time or date (twice each year) at which the sun reaches its maximum or minimum declination, marked by the longest and shortest days
- 13. a sloping position or movement
- 15. an imaginary line about which a body rotates.