Moonlit meanings
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Moonlit meanings
Eight written clues about Moon shapes and the phase cycle.
Moon-shape term for more than half-lit but not full (7)
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About this Moon phases crossword
Four Across answers meet four Down answers in this text-based lunar vocabulary exercise. Three clues ask you to complete a phase name; the eight selected answers are not eight complete phase names. No diagram is needed. Phase changes reflect how much of the sunlit Moon we see, rather than Earth's shadow. Use definitions and crossings to work through the cycle terms.
Subject vocabulary · Topic knowledge can help with some clues.
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Moonlit meanings
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2. Lunar-phase term for a shrinking visible sunlit portion (6)
5. ___ Moon: phase opposite new Moon in the cycle (4)
7. Moon-shape term for a curved sliver, less than half-lit (8)
8. Lunar-phase term for a growing visible sunlit portion (6)
Down
1. Moon-shape term for more than half-lit but not full (7)
3. Interval from one new Moon to the next (8)
4. Word shared by first ___ Moon and third ___ Moon (7)
6. ___ Moon: phase with the sunlit side directed away from Earth (3)