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According to the gospels the crucifixion of
Jesus occurred during the time of the Jewish Passover. The Pascal lambs
were butchered for the seder and that meal was eaten during the middle of
the month of Nisan. The Jewish calendar is a lunar calendar with the month
boundaries occurring on the new moons. Thus mid-month is a full moon.
Solar eclipses cannot occur during a full moon. (Lunar eclipses can only
occur during full moons and solar eclipses can only occur during new
moons.)
As I recall, Easter is dated as the Sunday following the Pascal full moon
which is (I think) the first full moon following the vernal equinox.
David Bowman
dbowman@georgetowncollege.edu