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February |
The earliest Shrove Tuesday can be is the 3rd February | Shrove Tue 5 Feb2008 |
| 4weeks: Sunday before Lent, (Shrove Tuesday), Lent I, II & III | 3 Feb,(5 Feb), 10 Feb, 17 Feb, 24 Feb 2008 | |
| 4 weeks: Mothering Sunday, Passion Sunday, Palm Sunday, (Good Friday), Easter Sunday | 2 Mar, 9 Mar, 16 Mar, (21 Mar), 23 Mar 2008 | |
| 4 weeks: Hock (Low) Sunday, Easter II, III & IV | 30 Mar, 6 Apr, 13 Apr, 20 Apr 2008 | |
| 4 weeks: Rogation Sunday, Ascension Sunday, Whit Sunday, Trinity Sunday, (Corpus Christi) | 27 Apr, 4 May, 11 May, 18 May, (22 May) 2008 | |
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June |
The latest Corpus Christi can be is the 24th June | Corpus Christi Thu 22 May 2008 |
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Click on Months above for Calendar Customs & Lore See below for explanation. |
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| January-Janus February-Purification month March-Mars April-Opening month May-Maia June-Juno July-Julius Ceasar August-Emperor Augustus September-7th month October-8th month November-9th month December-10th month Sunday-Sun Monday-Moon Tuesday-Tiw-Mars Wednesday-Woden-Mercury Thursday-Thor-Jupiter Friday-Freya-Venus Saturday-Saturn |
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The Sun, the stars, the moon and Easter Day. The path of the earth around the sun (or the sun through the stars from an earth point of view) is divided into the 12 signs of the zodiac (invented such a long time ago that the constellations themselves have drifted from their original positions). Each sign, however, still corresponds to its original 30 degrees of orbit. < In the diagram (to the left) the sun is in Aries ^ (or rather the position still known as Aries!) against the back ground of the stars viewed from earth. The diagram above ^ shows the full moons in a year with an Easter in early April. Easter Sunday is the first Sunday after the first full moon after the spring equinox (first point of Aries). The Lent Moon starts on the new moon close to Shrove Tuesday and is numbered (1) above. Easter full moon (2) is in the middle of Aries. Notice how the shorter lunar cycle results in the full moons becoming earlier in each following star sign. After 12 complete moons there are still 11 days left over in the solar year so Easter the following year is earlier. Eventually the next years' full moon falls behind the spring equinox, an extra 13th moon is added and Easter jumps to a later date. Easter is calculated from a combination of the solar year, lunar cycle and 7 day week cycle. Easter dates and lunar cycles for the coming years are shown below. |
| 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | |
| New Moon (1) | 17 Feb | 7 Feb | 25 Feb | 14 Feb | 4 Mar | 21 Feb | 10 Feb | 1 Mar | 18 Feb | 8 Feb |
| Shrove Tue | 20 Feb | 5 Feb | 24 Feb | 16 Feb | 8 Mar | 21 Feb | 12 Feb | 4 Mar | 17 Feb | 9 Feb |
| Easter New Moon (2) | 19 Mar | 7 Mar | 26 Mar | 15 Mar | 3 Apr | 22 Mar | 11 Mar | 30 Mar | 20 Mar | 9 Mar |
| Easter Full Moon | 2 Apr | 21 Mar | 9 Apr | 30 Mar | 18 Apr | 6 Apr | 27 Mar | 15 Apr | 4 Apr | 23 Mar |
| Easter Day | 8 Apr | 23 Mar | 12 Apr | 4 Apr | 24 Apr | 8 Apr | 31 Mar | 20 Apr | 5 Apr | 27 Mar |
| New Moon (3) | 17 Apr | 6 Apr | 25 Apr | 14 Apr | 3 May | 21 Apr | 10 Apr | 29 Apr | 18 Apr | 7 Apr |
| New Moon (4) | 16 May | 5 May | 24 May | 14 May | 1 Jun | 20 May | 10 May | 28 May | 18 May | 6 May |
| New Moon (5) | 15 Jun | 3 Jun | 22 Jun | 12 Jun | 1 Jul | 19 Jun | 8 Jun | 27 Jun | 16 Jun | 5 Jun |
| New Moon (6) | 14 Jul | 3 Jul | 22 Jul | 11 Jul | 30 Jul | 19 Jul | 8 Jul | 26 Jul | 16 Jul | 4 Jul |
| New Moon (7) | 12 Aug | 1 Aug | 20 Aug | 10 Aug | 29 Aug | 17 Aug | 6 Aug | 25 Aug | 14 Aug | 2 Aug |
| New Moon (8) | 11 Sep | 30 Aug | 18 Sep | 8 Sep | 27 Sep | 16 Sep | 5 Sep | 24 Sep | 13 Sep | 1 Sep |
| New Moon (9) | 11 Oct | 29 Sep | 18 Oct | 7 Oct | 26 Oct | 15 Oct | 5 Oct | 23 Oct | 13 Oct | 1 Oct |
| New Moon (10) | 9 Nov | 28 Oct | 16 Nov | 6 Nov | 25 Nov | 13 Nov | 3 Nov | 22 Nov | 11 Nov | 30 Oct |
| New Moon (11) | 9 Dec | 27 Nov | 16 Dec | 5 Dec | 24 Dec | 13 Dec | 3 Dec | 22 Dec | 11 Dec | 29 Nov |
| New Moon (12) | 8 Jan | 27 Dec | 15 Jan | 4 Jan | 23 Jan | 11 Jan | 1 Jan | 20 Jan | 10 Jan | 29 Dec |
| Additional Moon (13) | -- --- | 26 Jan | -- --- | 3 Feb | -- --- | -- --- | 30 Jan | -- --- | -- --- | 28 Jan |
