[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Steve Haywood asked > > Would anyone happen to know when it is? Given the bl**dy monsoon seems to > > be > > putting pay to this year's cruising, better at least plan next's... > > > The ecclesiastical rules are: > a.. Easter falls on the first Sunday following the first ecclesiastical > full moon that occurs on or after the day of the vernal equinox; > b.. this particular ecclesiastical full moon is the 14th day of a tabular > lunation (new moon); and > c.. the vernal equinox is fixed as March 21. > resulting in that Easter can never occur before March 22 or later than April > 25 > > I believe it is about the earliest it can be next year so a good chance of > Snow ! > > March 23rd > How are 'ecclesiastical full moons' and 'tabular lunations' calculated? Clearly they don't bear much relation to astronomical full moons, as the first one of those on or after March 21 2008 is on April 6th, which would put Easter Sunday on the 13th.
Martin L
