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March 21, 2008Just for Fun . . .
I have heard a lot of discussion about why Easter is soooo early this year. The information below explains it. Enjoy and Happy Easter!
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. Easter can actually be one day earlier (March 22) but that is pretty rare.
This year is the earliest Easter any of us will ever see the rest of our lives! Only those 95 years old or above have seen it this early; the last time was 1913. The next time Easter will be this early (March 23) will be the year 2228 (220 years from now).
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!
(Via MT CPA Connection Newsletter)
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I didn’t really realize it was so early this year, but it’s neat that it’ll never be this early again in my lifetime.