Comments on: Quick Trivia http://mikeoliver.org/2008/03/14/quick-trivia/ Holding on to the things Mike Oliver will forget since 2003. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:51:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Oliver Carter http://mikeoliver.org/2008/03/14/quick-trivia/#comment-8768 Oliver Carter Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:45:10 +0000 http://mikeoliver.org/2008/03/14/quick-trivia/#comment-8768 Easter is always the first sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox. The vernal equinox almost always occurs March 21 or 22, but it can also fall on the 20th or 23d. I swear I didn't look this up online. I know this because I have a real passion for the moon's patterns. I put the dates of full moons in my Outlook calendar. I use the Farmer's almanac, but (for me) the interesting thing to remember is that a "full moon" is a function of geometry, and it can only exist at one point in time. Therefore, on days when that particular moment occurs during our daytime, you can have two consecutive nights of an almost equal, slightly gibbus moon. Usually this can be detected by the naked eye, but it helps if you see the moon on a regular basis. Now what do I win? Easter is always the first sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox. The vernal equinox almost always occurs March 21 or 22, but it can also fall on the 20th or 23d. I swear I didn’t look this up online. I know this because I have a real passion for the moon’s patterns. I put the dates of full moons in my Outlook calendar. I use the Farmer’s almanac, but (for me) the interesting thing to remember is that a “full moon” is a function of geometry, and it can only exist at one point in time. Therefore, on days when that particular moment occurs during our daytime, you can have two consecutive nights of an almost equal, slightly gibbus moon. Usually this can be detected by the naked eye, but it helps if you see the moon on a regular basis.

Now what do I win?

]]> By: Janice http://mikeoliver.org/2008/03/14/quick-trivia/#comment-8719 Janice Sat, 15 Mar 2008 17:43:34 +0000 http://mikeoliver.org/2008/03/14/quick-trivia/#comment-8719 Easter comes on the Sunday after six weeks of Lent, which starts on Ash Wednesday, the day after Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday). But I don't know how they determine the date for Mardi Gras & Ash Wednesday! There's Epiphany, which is Jan 6th, the day the Wise Men arrived in Bethelehem, but that's a fixed day too, so that doesn't help. Raised Lutheran, but obviously clueless. Straight lunar doesn't work either. Easter comes on the Sunday after six weeks of Lent, which starts on Ash Wednesday, the day after Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday). But I don’t know how they determine the date for Mardi Gras & Ash Wednesday! There’s Epiphany, which is Jan 6th, the day the Wise Men arrived in Bethelehem, but that’s a fixed day too, so that doesn’t help. Raised Lutheran, but obviously clueless. Straight lunar doesn’t work either.

]]> By: clay http://mikeoliver.org/2008/03/14/quick-trivia/#comment-8718 clay Sat, 15 Mar 2008 17:31:03 +0000 http://mikeoliver.org/2008/03/14/quick-trivia/#comment-8718 The first Sunday after Passover, I'd guess. It probably makes a ton more sense on the Jewish Calendar. I'm pretty sure those of us on non-lunar schedules aren't going to find a simple logic. Hence it being in March some years and and April others. That's the most I could muster without looking it up on the internets. ::c:: The first Sunday after Passover, I’d guess. It probably makes a ton more sense on the Jewish Calendar. I’m pretty sure those of us on non-lunar schedules aren’t going to find a simple logic. Hence it being in March some years and and April others.

That’s the most I could muster without looking it up on the internets.

::c::

]]> By: CP http://mikeoliver.org/2008/03/14/quick-trivia/#comment-8715 CP Fri, 14 Mar 2008 22:30:52 +0000 http://mikeoliver.org/2008/03/14/quick-trivia/#comment-8715 easter is when jesus came back from the dead. it's also the day that Lupa has a special over-priced menu. easter is when jesus came back from the dead. it’s also the day that Lupa has a special over-priced menu.

]]> By: tammi http://mikeoliver.org/2008/03/14/quick-trivia/#comment-8713 tammi Fri, 14 Mar 2008 18:57:09 +0000 http://mikeoliver.org/2008/03/14/quick-trivia/#comment-8713 Easter is always the Sunday after Good Friday. Hee, hee. Easter is always the Sunday after Good Friday. Hee, hee.

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