Easter this year is: Sunday March 23, 2008
As you may know, Easter is always the 1st Sunday after the 1st full moonafter the Spring Equinox (which is March 20).
This dating of Easter is based on the lunar calendar that Hebrew peopleused to identify Passover, which is why it moves around on our Romancalendar.
Found out a couple of things you might be interested in!
Based on the above, Easter can actually be one day earlier (March22) but that is pretty rare.
This year is the earliest Easter any of us will ever see the rest of ourlives! And only the most elderly of our population have ever seen it thisearly (95 years old or above!). And none of us have ever, or will ever, seeit a day earlier! Here’s the facts:
The next time Easter will be this early (March 23) will be the year2228 (220 years from now). The last time it was this early was 1913 (so ifyou’re 95 or older, you are the only ones that were around forthat!).
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 onealive today has or will ever see it any earlier than this year!
As you may know, Easter is always the 1st Sunday after the 1st full moonafter the Spring Equinox (which is March 20).
This dating of Easter is based on the lunar calendar that Hebrew peopleused to identify Passover, which is why it moves around on our Romancalendar.
Found out a couple of things you might be interested in!
Based on the above, Easter can actually be one day earlier (March22) but that is pretty rare.
This year is the earliest Easter any of us will ever see the rest of ourlives! And only the most elderly of our population have ever seen it thisearly (95 years old or above!). And none of us have ever, or will ever, seeit a day earlier! Here’s the facts:
The next time Easter will be this early (March 23) will be the year2228 (220 years from now). The last time it was this early was 1913 (so ifyou’re 95 or older, you are the only ones that were around forthat!).
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 onealive today has or will ever see it any earlier than this year!
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