Science - Lunar Cycle from crossword
Full moon
Phase opposite of the New Moon.
Third Quarter
Phase that comes 1 week before the New Moon.
Waxing Gibbous
Phase that comes before the Full Moon.
New Moon
Phase where no visible light is seen from Earth.
Gibbous
Shape of light that is about 75% visible.
Crescent
Shape of the light that is about 25% visible.
Waning
Visible light is decreasing.
Waxing
Visible light is increasing.
Waning Gibbous
Visible light shaped like a football on the left side of the Moon.
First Quarter
One fourth of the way through the lunar cycle.
Month
It takes about a ___________ for the Moon to revolve around the Earth.
Waning Crescent
The light on the left is about 25% visible from Earth.
Revolution
The movement of an object around another object
orbit
The path the Moon travels around the Earth.
Waxing Crescent
The phase that comes after the new moon.
Lunar cycle
The predictable pattern of the Moon's orbit around the Earth.