Computing the New Moons for the New Testament Period

 

Koot van wyk (DLitt et Phil; ThD)

Visiting Professor

Department of Liberal Education

Kyungpook National University

Sangju Campus

South Korea

Conjoint lecturer of Avondale College

Australia

 

Source:

D. H. Lietzmann, D. K. Aland, Zeitrechnung: Der Römischen Kaiserzeit, Des Mittelalters und der Neuezeit für die Jahre 1-2000 Nach Christus. Band 1085 (Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 1956).

 

New Moon              Number + 29.53 but if number is larger then minus total

from 59.06

First Quarter           Number + 7.38

Full Moon               Number + 14.77

Second Quarter       Number + 22.15

 

When was the New Moon in March 27 CE, the year Jesus got Baptized?

Answer:  Take the year number and go to the column on page 126. On the left is the column for hundreds. If a number has only tens, add a virtual 0 to the beginning and get its reading: thus 0 = 5.65 + New Moon rating 29.53 = 35.18 but because 35.18 is larger than 29.53 one must subtract 35.18 from 59.06 = 23.88 or 24.

Go to page 125 and look for January 24. That is the date for the New Moon in 27 CE and go down in that column to March: the date for the New Moon in March of 27 CE is 24th of March 27 CE.

Look out on page 126 always for the asterisk * since that will mean that one has to minus one day because it is a leap-year, thus 24th of March would have been 23rd of March. But, notice there is no asterisk in any of the numbers used for the date 27 CE on page 126.

 

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