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Magazine 13
Watch the Sky
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Astronomy | The study of celestial objects |
| Celestial | relating to the sky or the heavens visible from Earth |
| Astrolabe | a navigational tool that helps determine location by using the North Star |
| crescent | the curved shape of the moon in its first or last quarter. |
| eclipse | the complete or partial blocking of one celestial body by another |
| gibbous | more than half a circle, but less than a full circle |
| hemisphere | half of the Earth |
| navigation | determining your position and which direction to go |
| orbit | a circular path around another larger object |
| phases | ways the moon appears from Earth |
| wane | to appear to get smaller |
| wax | to appear to get bigger |