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Sunday, February 24, 2008

Easter trivia





My dad sent me this and I thought it was kind of interesting if you like trivia


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 this, 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!

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:

* 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
* 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!

1 Comments:

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