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Lunar Cycle and Tides & Rotation/Revolution,Seasons,Solstice/Equinox

By Brenton Wilson
Across
Causes change in tide and gravitational pull from traveling in a straight oath
When the moon is smaller than a half, circle it is in this phase
Getting smaller
When the moon is bigger than a half circle it is called this
Causes of tides
approximately one week after a new moon, when one half of the moon's disk is illuminated by the sun
a variation in the length of day and night around the world, and it cause the earth to experience different seasons
Causes the lunar phase
the time or date (twice each year) at which the sun crosses the celestial equator, when day and night are of equal length (about September 22 and March 20).
You cant see reflected light from the moon when it is in this phase
half-moon or arc shape
Down
Duration of the lunar cycle
Reason we have different seasons
When the moon appears like a full circle, it is in this phase
the large rise and fall of the tide at or soon after the new or the full moon.
Getting bigger
approximately one week after a full moon, when half of the moon's disk is illuminated by the sun.
illuminated part greater than a semicircle and less than a circle.
either of the two tides that occur at the first or last quarter of the moon when the tide-generating forces of the sun and moon oppose each other and produce the smallest rise and fall in tidal level
either of the two times in the year, the summer solstice and the winter solstice, when the sun reaches its highest or lowest point in the sky at noon, marked by the longest and shortest days