Roger, the Easter calculation uses March 21 as the equinox irrespective of
the astronomy.

Steve

On Tue, Mar 19, 2019 at 21:00, Roger <rtbai...@telus.net> wrote:

> I always thought Easter Sunday was on the first Sunday after the first
> full moon after the spring equinox. This year at my location, time zone
> PDST, the equinox is at 2:59 pm Wed 20 March 2019. The full moon is about 4
> hours later at 6:43 pm. Why is this Sunday not Easter and Friday not Good
> Friday. What about the Passover. It is also a month later. I know setting
> the date of Easter was the problem that inspired astronomy but this year
> the scientific data and the religious credo do not seem to agree.
>
>
>
> Where have I been mislead? (other than finding silly girls posing as
> sundials)
>
>
>
> Roger Bailey
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