Earth Crossword

This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Astronomy & Space has 18 clues. Answers range from 4 to 16 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.

Description

a round solid figure
an imaginary line about which a body rotates
the action of rotating around an axis or center
a single orbit of one object around another
an occasion when the moon looks like it is completely or partially covered with a dark circle because the Earth's shadow is on it
when the sun reaches its highest or lowest point in the sky at noon, marked by the longest and shortest days
the time or date (twice each year) at which the sun crosses the celestial equator, when day and night are of equal length
the appearance of the moon in the night sky and how much of its visible surface is illuminated
the phase of the moon when it is in conjunction with the sun and invisible from earth, or shortly thereafter when it appears as a slender crescent
(of the moon) pertaining to the period during which the visible surface of the moon increases
the phase of the moon in which its whole disk is illuminated
(of the moon) have a progressively smaller part of its visible surface illuminated, so appears to decreased in size
an eclipse in which the sun is obscured by the moon
an eclipse in which the moon appears darkened as it passes into the earth
move or cause to move in a sloping position
sunlight that has been reflected somewhere else
when the sunlight reaches the earth's surface there is no cloud cover between the sun and earth
the curved path of a celestial object or spacecraft around a star, planet, or moon, especially a periodic elliptical revolution

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