print email comment close Eric Weisstein's World of Astronomy: Easter URL: http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/astronomy/Easter.html Description: Explanation of why "[t]he commonly stated rule that Easter is the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox is not quite correct. Easter is actually the first Sunday strictly after the 'Paschal full moon' ... [which] may differ from the date of the actual full moon by up to two days." Includes table of Easter dates. The author is a scientist with advanced degrees in physics and planetary science. Author: Weisstein, Eric LII Database Information: Record 25557 created by Maria Brandt on 02/25/2008 Last modification on 03/05/2008 Published: 03/05/2008   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/25557