If Easter, like Christmas, is based on a specific event, why is the date not fixed and is instead based on the moon?

Question

If Easter, like Christmas, is based on a specific event, why is the date not fixed and is instead based on the moon?

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Answer 1

According to the story, the death and resurrection of Jesus happened at the end of Passover. That is a Jewish observance based on the lunar calendar, and Christians kept the timing of Easter based on that (though as noted in another post, they don’t always coincide in modern times).

Also worth note, Christmas Day is almost certainly not correct, nor is the date of the year 1. But it is not attached to a Jewish celebration, so it can be on a fixed date instead of varying.