Do you realize how early Easter is this year? It's March 23! Easter is always the 1st Sunday after the 1st full moon after the Spring Equinox (which is March 20). This dating of Easter is based on the lunar calendar that Hebrew people used to identify Passover, which is why it moves around in date on our Roman based calendar.
Based on the above, Easter can actually be one day earlier (March 22) but that is rare. Here's the interesting info. This year is the earliest Easter any of us will ever see the rest of our lives! And only the most elderly of our population have ever seen it this early (95 years old or above!). And none of us have ever, or will ever, see it a day earlier!
Facts:
1) The next time Easter will be this early (March 23) will be the year 2228 (220 years from now.)
2) The last time it was this early was 1913 (so if you're 95 or older, you are the only ones around for that!)
3) The next time it will be a day earlier, March 22, will be in the year 2285 (277 years from now.)
4) The last time it was on March 22 was 1818.
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My son Eric and I were talking a few days ago about Easter and he made a statement about how early it is this year. In my wisdom, I said it is based on something as to how it falls each year. Now I can tell him (actually show him)the exact answer.
ReplyDeletePat, thanks for your time, wisdom and tid bits of information.