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Jay Ryan is the author of Signs & Seasons, a Christian homeschool curriculum on Classical Astronomy. Sign up for the Classical Astronomy Update, a free email newsletter about current happenings in the night sky. Visit his website at ClassicalAstronomy.com.

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The Paschal Moon

Mel Gibson’s stunning motion picture, “The Passion of The Christ,” opens with a dramatic closeup view of the Full Moon. From there, we see Jesus and His disciples in the Garden of Gethsemane, and the subsequent events from the Gospels are shown set against the pale brightness of the Moon’s light.

The Astronomy of Easter

Since the early centuries of the church, Christians have honored the death and resurrection of Jesus in the celebration of Easter. And while the observance of Easter has changed over the centuries, it is based on the Hebrew Passover.