I don’t know if this is useless, but it is trivia:
An interesting piece of information…
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:
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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!). -
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
- So, no one alive today has or will ever see it any earlier than
this year!