spring full moon

Easter itself is a moveable celebration which falls on the Sunday after the spring full moon, and can fall anywhere between 22 March and 25 April.

Holi -- the Festival of Colors -- is a Hindu holiday celebrated during the spring full moon, this year on Wednesday.

From highs of over three metres and lows of approximately 0.2m around our spring full moons, the resultant tidal surge can even make anchoring a difficult exercise.

This coincides with the night of Good Friday: the Master's novel also deals with this same spring full moon when Christ's fate is sealed by Pontius Pilate and he is crucified in Jerusalem.

Increasingly, though, the full moon of Easter was made separate from the date of Passover and set in relation to the [spring] equinox - hence the rule of thumb that Easter falls on the Sunday after the spring full moon.