Easter is early this year.
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.
Based on the above information, Easter
can actually be one day earlier
(March 22) that is rare.
Here's the interesting information.
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 are 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!
