EPACT. The term applied to the surplus days of the solar year over the year of twelve lunar months, or the moon's age in days on the first day of a year. The system of epacts is used to determine the time of the ecclesiastical new moon on which the date of Easter is based.
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When I have finished with all the Calendar definitions, I shall write a post on the 'computus'. Something to look forward to!
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