Easter Sunday falls between March 22 and April 25 - that's any one of 35 days.Easter Sunday is always on the Sunday after the first full moon after the March equinox, when day and night are of equal length.This year, the equinox was March 21. The first full moon after the equinox arrives a few minutes before midnight Saturday March 31, making April 1 Easter Sunday. If the first full moon arrived after midnight, Easter Sunday would be the following week.
The full moon rises every 29.53 days. Because it does not quite align to our calendar, every year full moons rise on different dates according to a cycle that repeats every 19 years.If we were to fast forward 19 years, the full moon would arrive on exactly the same day.If you want to make your head hurt even more, Easter does not even use the astronomical full moon - it uses the ecclesiastical or paschal full moon, which the Christian Church calculates using an ancient, arcane and slightly innaccurate equation.This can mean the paschal full moon disagrees with the astronomical full moon, further complicating the date of Easter.The second cycle, the calendar cycle, takes a full 400 years to repeat. In 400 years, April 1 will again be a Sunday.

So when do i get to eat chocolate?

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Stuthepirate said..
So when do i get to eat chocolate?

On Sunday . But if you wanted to eat chocolate on The next Easter Sunday falling on April the first , you would have to wait 5.7 million years apparently according to a mathematician named Dr Woodcock (If only)

I thought Easter was created by confectionery companies and Woolies and Coles.

And, why can't i eat a good steak on good Friday? Who say's that i must eat fish. I had fish the night before

The full moon....where? The moon, earth and sun line up at an instant. You might be on the sunny side when that happens.

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Mr Milk said..
The full moon....where? The moon, earth and sun line up at an instant. You might be on the sunny side when that happens.

This is not a problem when the Earth is flat.

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Mr Milk said..
The full moon....where? The moon, earth and sun line up at an instant. You might be on the sunny side when that happens.

I suppose it would be at the Vatican in the northern hemisphere and for further clarification you would have to ask the mathematician Mr Woodcock .

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Vince68 said..
I thought Easter was created by confectionery companies and Woolies and Coles.

And, why can't i eat a good steak on good Friday? Who say's that i must eat fish. I had fish the night before

I just had a fabulous steak and a very nice red to go with it.

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rockmagnet said..
Easter Sunday falls between March 22 and April 25 - that's any one of 35 days.Easter Sunday is always on the Sunday after the first full moon after the March equinox, when day and night are of equal length.This year, the equinox was March 21. The first full moon after the equinox arrives a few minutes before midnight Saturday March 31, making April 1 Easter Sunday. If the first full moon arrived after midnight, Easter Sunday would be the following week.
The full moon rises every 29.53 days. Because it does not quite align to our calendar, every year full moons rise on different dates according to a cycle that repeats every 19 years.If we were to fast forward 19 years, the full moon would arrive on exactly the same day.If you want to make your head hurt even more, Easter does not even use the astronomical full moon - it uses the ecclesiastical or paschal full moon, which the Christian Church calculates using an ancient, arcane and slightly innaccurate equation.This can mean the paschal full moon disagrees with the astronomical full moon, further complicating the date of Easter.The second cycle, the calendar cycle, takes a full 400 years to repeat. In 400 years, April 1 will again be a Sunday.

1st April 2029 is a Sunday. **** that was fast.

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japie said..

I'm in

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rockmagnet said..
Easter Sunday ....The second cycle, the calendar cycle, takes a full 400 years to repeat. In 400 years, April 1 will again be a Sunday.

1st April, 2029 is the first Sunday after the first full moon after the March equinox:

www.timeanddate.com/calendar/?year=2029&country=29

What did I miss?

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evlPanda said..

rockmagnet said..
Easter Sunday ....The second cycle, the calendar cycle, takes a full 400 years to repeat. In 400 years, April 1 will again be a Sunday.

1st April, 2029 is the first Sunday after the first full moon after the March equinox:

www.timeanddate.com/calendar/?year=2029&country=29

What did I miss?

Must have been misunderstanding on my part what the story was about or it was fake news. Look him up , mathematician by the name of Woodcock.Probably me getting part of it wrong.