EASTER This Year Is Sunday March 23 2008. Do you know they figure out when to have Easter? I didn't before my lovely MIL filled me in. 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.
Another 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. 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 are the facts:
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! That would make grandma Zina a lucky easter kid.). 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!
Hey, who wants to go get fresh eggs at the egg farm in Provo with me and mine tomorrow? We can get some lovely pale blue eggs for decorating in time for Sunday.
2 comments:
Andi babe-- can I copy your stats
for my Easter blog. I will of course give you credit for them.
Love the celtic dancers. You must spend time at the cabin this summer. I need more advanced lessons in this blogging.
love you, judy
I do . . . but I'm too late!!
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