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Space.com explains that there are many names for the March full moon - among them "Worm Moon" (earthworm castings become available to robins with the ground's softening), "Crow Moon" (sounds of crows signal winter's end), "Crust Moon" (the snow thaws by day and freezes by night), and "Sap Moon" (maple syrup anyone?).
Of course, there's one more:
"Paschal Full Moon." This name
refers to Easter, which according to the Gregorian calendar, will arrive on the Sunday after the first full moon in spring (if the moon itself is on a Sunday, then Easter would occur on the following Sunday). According to
these Gregorian calculations, "Easter can fall as early as March 22 and as late as April 25 in any given year."
This year's date is March 31st.
If this system sounds relatively complicated, it is. Especially so
when the astronomical calendar is at odds with the ecclesiastical one (which occurred in 1981, and will again occur in 2038)…
Therefore, "a proposal to change Easter to a fixed holiday rather than a movable one has been widely circulated…
The second
Sunday in April has been suggested as the most likely date."
Resources
http://www.space.com/20407-easter-full-moon-spring.html
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