Moon Phases 248 — LCMS Lutheran

Historical note. Dates before the 1582 reform are shown on the Julian calendar. The astronomical positions are computed but approximate this far back — the lunar theory drifts by roughly a day across two millennia. The date of Easter shown is a retrojection: before the Council of Nicaea (325) there was no single agreed Easter (the Paschal Controversy).

Blue moon in 248: August 21 (third of four in summer)

Last quarter Wed, January 5 · 09:20 UT

New moon Thu, January 13 · 14:18 UT

First quarter Fri, January 21 · 04:25 UT

Full moon Thu, January 27 · 19:38 UT

Last quarter Fri, February 4 · 04:36 UT

New moon Sat, February 12 · 07:02 UT

First quarter Sat, February 19 · 12:17 UT

Full moon Sat, February 26 · 07:11 UT

Last quarter Sun, March 5 · 00:19 UT

New moon Sun, March 12 · 20:53 UT

First quarter Sun, March 19 · 18:15 UT

Full moon Sun, March 26 · 19:35 UT

Last quarter Mon, April 3 · 19:05 UT

New moon Tue, April 11 · 07:40 UT

First quarter Mon, April 17 · 23:45 UT

Full moon Tue, April 25 · 08:50 UT

Last quarter Wed, May 3 · 11:53 UT

New moon Wed, May 10 · 15:56 UT

First quarter Wed, May 17 · 06:11 UT

Full moon Wed, May 24 · 22:52 UT

Last quarter Fri, June 2 · 02:07 UT

New moon Thu, June 8 · 22:44 UT

First quarter Thu, June 15 · 14:42 UT

Full moon Fri, June 23 · 13:40 UT

Last quarter Sat, July 1 · 13:35 UT

New moon Sat, July 8 · 05:20 UT

First quarter Sat, July 15 · 02:05 UT

Full moon Sun, July 23 · 04:59 UT

Last quarter Sun, July 30 · 22:34 UT

New moon Sun, August 6 · 12:56 UT

First quarter Sun, August 13 · 16:43 UT

Full moon Mon, August 21 · 20:22 UT

Last quarter Tue, August 29 · 05:51 UT

New moon Mon, September 4 · 22:31 UT

First quarter Tue, September 12 · 10:34 UT

Full moon Wed, September 20 · 11:09 UT

Last quarter Wed, September 27 · 12:31 UT

New moon Wed, October 4 · 10:39 UT

First quarter Thu, October 12 · 06:57 UT

Full moon Fri, October 20 · 00:46 UT

Last quarter Thu, October 26 · 19:50 UT

New moon Fri, November 3 · 01:30 UT

First quarter Sat, November 11 · 04:17 UT

Full moon Sat, November 18 · 13:05 UT

Last quarter Sat, November 25 · 04:52 UT

New moon Sat, December 2 · 18:48 UT

First quarter Mon, December 11 · 00:23 UT

Full moon Mon, December 18 · 00:22 UT

Last quarter Sun, December 24 · 16:14 UT

The moon behind Easter

Easter is the first Sunday after the first full moon on or after the spring equinox — but the Church reckons this with a tabular ("ecclesiastical") moon and a fixed equinox of March 21, not the astronomical sky. The two usually agree to the day, but not always.

Ecclesiastical (computus)

Equinox (fixed)March 21

Paschal full moonMarch 25

Golden number2

Astronomical

Nearest full moonMarch 26

Time19:35 UT

Difference 1 day

Easter 248 falls on March 26, 248.

Moon Phases — 248

The moon behind Easter