Early Easter and no one living will see it this early again.

[Vivian Cornwell]

I got this by e-mail and checked on Snopes and the information is true.

Interesting.

Easter is early this year. 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 information, Easter can actually be one day earlier
(March 22) that is rare.

Here's the interesting information. 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). 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 this
year!

[G R 'Scott' Cundiff]

Neat information. I found a list of dates of Easter by occurrence, which agrees with your post and also has other interesting information. http://www.smart.net/~mmontes/freq3.html

[Bruce Carriker]

Thanks for this reminder of our mortality, Vivian. It really cheered me up tonight! :)

[Dennis M. Scott]

Yes, Vivian, thank you for reminding Bruce of his mortality tonight. He needs that every once in awhile! :laughing