My friend Lori e-mailed this to me. I always wondered how the date was decided for Easter Sunday. This was really interesting.
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, Easter can actually be one day earlier (March 22) than it will be this year (2008) but that is pretty rare.
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 previously (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 that.
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9 comments:
Very interesting! Thanks for the research and lesson learned!
Mandy
Wow, that's cool. I never knew that fact. Did you know that an egg will stand on end during the equinox?
Ok- so I'm marking my calendar for the equinox because you know I'm going to have to try the egg trick, Saundra. :)
Thanks for this Susan! This is a great post!
Hey, are you going to Bunco next week?
Hey Karen
I am planning to be at Bunco. How about you?
I'm so glad you posted this b/c it's always something I've wondered about. I've always thought it to be strange that it can be as late as April 15 (my mom's birthday) or even as early as it is this year (my birthday). And see I've been right when I've said "it's never been on my birthday before" :) Hopefully now I won't forget the reasoning!!
Thank your info has stopped alot of arguing!!
thank you! you helped me so much with my church homework!
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