Trivia

Easter Sunday is March 23rd

Why is Easter so early this year?

Easter is always the 1st Sunday after the 1st full moon after the Spring Equinox (which is March 20). The 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 22nd) but that is pretty rare.

Here are the interesting facts.

This year is the earliest Easter most of us will ever see in our lifetime!

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 23rd) 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 22nd will be in the year 2285 (277 years from now). The last time it was on March 22nd was 1818. So,no one alive today has or will ever see it any earlier than this year!

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