Religeous Holidays

April 8, 2007 1:02am CST
Should Easter be the same time every year? Can anyone explain the complex process that moves it every year?
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@laltu86 (1249)
• India
3 May 07
Easter is related to moon and its equinox ,after the spring equinox the first Sunday taht follows marks the day of easter , now to explain equinox : An equinox in astronomy is the event when the Sun can be observed to be directly above the Earth's equator, occurring around March 20 and September 23 each year. On these dates, night and day are nearly of the same length and the Sun crosses the celestial equator (i.e., declination 0). More technically, the equinox happens when the Sun is at one of two opposite points on the celestial sphere where the celestial equator and ecliptic intersect. In a wider sense, the equinoxes are the two days each year when the center of the Sun spends an equal amount of time above and below the horizon at every location on Earth. The word equinox derives from the Latin words aequus (equal) and nox (night).