�� � Easter 2008
�� � Do you realize how early Easter is this year? It's March 23! 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 in
date on our Roman based calendar.
�� � I 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).
�� � 2) � 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!).
�� � 3) � The next time it will be a day earlier, March 22, will be in
the year 2285 (277 years from now).
�� � 4) � 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!
