As per my Reconstructed Anglo-Saxon Calendar page, my method for determining if a year is a leap year is to count how many new moons there are between the previous year’s winter solstice and the current years winter solstice. If there are thirteen new moons, it is a leap year. If there are only twelve […]
The Metonic Cycle
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My Reconstructed Anglo-Saxon Calendar for 2021
For details on how I reconstruct my calendar, see my page on the Anglo-Saxon Calendar. I will add a couple notes here, however. This year only has twelve new moons between the previous December solstice and this year’s December solstice. Therefore, it will not be a leap year, and only have twelve lunar months. If […]
My Reconstructed Anglo-Saxon Calendar for 2021