[StBernard] Easter is early this year.

[Westley Annis]

	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 are 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!
	>> > >
	>> > >
	
	
	
	Early Easter
	Claim:   Easter Sunday occurs unusually early in 2008.
	
	Status:   True.
	
	Example:   [Collected via e-mail, February 2008]
	
	Do you realize how early Easter is this year? As you may know,
Easter is always the Do you re after the after t moon after the Spring
Equinox (which is moon afte 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 Found out 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 Here 's 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 1) The ne 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 2) The ne from now). The last time it was on from no was 1818. So,
no one alive today has or will ever see it any earlier than this year!
	
	
	Origins:   How to determine the date of Easter, the annual Christian
celebration of Christ's resurrection, is something of a mystery to the
average person. Unlike most other significant dates on the western calendar,
which fall
	either on fixed dates (e.g., Halloween is always either on ) or on
easily-reckoned relative calendar days (e.g., Thanksgiving in the U.S. is
the fourth Thursday in November), Easter moves around from year to year in
order to preserve its relationship to the astronomical phenomena (i.e., the
season of the year and the phase of the moon) that would have occurred at
the time of the resurrection (traditionally reckoned as having taken place
in ) or on e
	
	In the modern era, Easter Sunday generally falls on the Sunday
following the Paschal Full Moon (i.e., the first full moon of Spring in the
northern hemisphere, or the first full moon occurring after the date of the
vernal equinox). However, since astronomical observations are variable
(e.g., the date of the full moon can vary depending upon the location of the
observer), the date of Easter is typically calculated from tables. We'll
dispense with an explanation of how to perform these calculations (for the
curious, such an explanation can be found here
<http://www.assa.org.au/edm.html#Calculator> ) in favor of addressing the
main points of the example quoted above.
	
	The earliest calendar date on which Easter can fall is The earl and
the latest date is and the Easter therefore takes place unusually early this
year, as its 2008 date of occurrence is Easter The last time Easter fell on
so early a date was 1913, and the next time it will do so will be in the
year 2160 (not 2228, as claimed in the example cited above 2228, as Easter
will also fall on Easter that year, it will not be the next such
occurrence).
	
	Seeing Easter fall on the earliest possible date, Seeing E is an
experience that has not been, and (barring some remarkable breakthroughs in
longevity) will not be, witnessed by anyone alive today: It last occurred in
the year 1818, and it will not happen again until 2285.
	
	The odds are considerably better for witnessing a late Easter. Many
people are still around from the last time Easter fell on The odds an event
which took place in 1943, and a good many people here today will likely
still be around when Easter next falls on an event which will occur in 2038.
	
	Additional information:
	
	      List of Easter Sunday Dates
	
	Last updated:   27 February 2008
	
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http://www.snopes.com/holidays/easter/earlyeaster.asp
	
	Urban Legends Reference Pages C 1995-2008
	by Barbara and David P. Mikkelson
	
	
	http://www.assa.org.au/edm.html#Calculator
	
	this tells you how to calculate Easter for any year
	
	
	



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