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Across
  1. 3. when the Moon is between Earth and the Sun
  2. 5. the circular motion of an object around its center.
  3. 7. a period of moderate tides when the sun and moon are at right angles to each other.
  4. 10. the phase of the moon after the waxing crescent
Down
  1. 1. the phase of the moon in which its whole disk is illuminated.
  2. 2. any of the varying appearances of a celestial body as different amounts of its disk are seen
  3. 4. have a progressively smaller part of its visible surface illuminated, so that it appears to decrease in size.
  4. 6. the moon that is getting larger each night
  5. 8. the time or date at which the sun crosses the celestial equator, when day and night are of approximately equal length
  6. 9. each of the four divisions of the year