From Brother Dave of Overflowing Cup
Do you realize how early Easter is this year? 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 on our Roman calendar.
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). 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!