| 100% | PERIGEE | 7 | Point in its orbit around the Earth when the moon is nearest the Earth |
| 51% | APHELION | 8 | Point in its orbit when a planet is at its greatest distance from the sun |
| 48% | APOLUNE | 7 | Farthest point in an orbit around the moon |
| 46% | APOGEE | 6 | The point when the moon is farthest from the earth |
| 45% | APOGEE | 6 | Farthest point from the Earth in the Moon's orbit |
| 40% | APOGEE | 6 | Point where the moon is farthest from Earth |
| 40% | SATELLITE | 9 | Device placed in orbit around the Earth |
| 39% | SPACEJUNK | 9 | Human-made debris in orbit around the Earth |
| 36% | LUNAR | 5 | ___ eclipse (celestial event when the moon's in Earth's shadow) |
| 36% | ROTATION | 8 | In a day, the earth does one around its own axis |
| 36% | ORBIT | 5 | Travel in circles, like the Moon around the Earth |
| 36% | SUN | 3 | What the planets are in orbit around |
| 36% | NOON | 4 | Point in the day when both hands are on 12 |
| 36% | YOURCOURT | 9 | When it's your decision, the ball is in here |
| 35% | SPINS | 5 | "For a long time, it was believed that the sun ___ around the earth." |
| 35% | SUN | 3 | Luna 1, launched in 1959, missed its target (the moon) and instead ended up in orbit around this |
| 34% | LOW | 3 | "When the Moon Is ___" (Nadia Hashimi novel set in Kabul) |
| 34% | MOON | 4 | It revolves around the Earth |
| 34% | RUMI | 4 | Persian poet whose epitaph reads "When we are dead, seek not our tomb in the earth, but find it in the hearts of men" |
| 34% | LAIKA | 5 | Dog who became the first living being to orbit the Earth in 1957 |
| 33% | KEA | 3 | Mauna ___, volcanic mountain that is the tallest on Earth when measured from its underwater base |
| 32% | RISEN | 5 | Taller than it was when you put it in the oven, say |
| 32% | FULLMOON | 8 | Lunar phase when the moon is totally illuminated |
| 32% | DENEB | 5 | A starting point in the game Stellaris is the planet Unity which orbits this well-known star |
| 32% | ORBIT | 5 | Moon's path around the Earth |
| 32% | ENDTABLE | 8 | It may be near the sofa |
| 32% | TOBOW | 5 | In Japan, it is proper ___ when you meet someone (bend at the waist): 2 wds |
| 32% | NITE | 4 | When the stars are out, in adspeak |
| 32% | PERIGEE | 7 | Satellite point nearest the earth |
| 32% | META | 4 | Pole that marked the turning point when chariots were raced in the Circus Maximus |