Do you realize how early Easter is this year? As you may know, 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 on our Roman calendar.
Found out a couple of things you might be interested in! Based on the above, Easter can actually be one day earlier (March 22) but that is pretty 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! Here’s the facts:
1) The next time Easter will be this early (March 23) will be the year 2228 (220 years from now). The last time it was this early was 1913 (so if you’re 95 or older, you are the only ones that were around for that!).
2) The next time it will be a day earlier, March 22, will be in the year 2285 (277 years from now). The last time it was on March 22 was 1818. So, no one alive today has or will ever see it any earlier than this year!
Interesting!
Thanks Gene
hey Gene … this is interesting… well I guess we are few lucky one’s
Fascinating. Thanks for the research!
Considering all the Christians and Jews put together only account for less than 34% of the Planet’s population…. the majority of the planet don’t give a rat’s ass.
A couple of clarifications: Easter is “the 1st Sunday after the 1st [Paschal] full moon after the [official] Spring Equinox.” The Paschal full moon is calculated, and may differ from the actual full moon by a day or two, and the “official Spring Equinox” is always March 21 (whereas the planetary equinox may change slightly.)
Slight, but important, details!
Thanks for the interesting information.
My dentist was the first to mention the facts
about the early Easter. I passed this along
to a lot of people and they appreciated the
info. Made very interesting reading
Me-me (african grandmom) in New Jersey.
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