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RE: Good Friday formula (was: Re: Help with code?)



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Thanks for your help, Do you know what happen last year Easter was on March
30,
but the first full moon was on 23?. Maybe they calculate Good Friday as the
first friday after or on full moon and then Easter
A more exact constant for the cycle is 29.530589
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De: Jim Osborn <jimo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Para: omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Fecha: miércoles 15 de abril de 1998 2:15
Asunto: Good Friday formula (was: Re: Help with code?)


>"Jaime Loayza O" <jloayzao@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> asks:
>>This code could help to calculate Good Friday. I know it's a
>>function of moon cycles Somebody knows more?
>
>GF is defined as the Friday before Easter Sunday, which in turn
>is defined as: the first Sunday on or after the first full moon
>on or after the Vernal equinox.  Simple as that.
>
>Jim
>