Folklore #035
Folklore & calendar
Easter moves every year because it's still calculated from a full moon, using a table designed in the fourth century.
It falls on the first Sunday after the first ecclesiastical full moon on or after 21 March, and 'ecclesiastical' because the church uses its own tabulated moon, which can differ from the real one by a day. It's the most widely observed astronomical calculation in the Western world and almost nobody knows they're doing it.
Tradition: Computus, the ecclesiastical calendar · checked Aug 2026
🔭 Meanwhile, in astronomy: The 19-year Metonic cycle