Tuesday, February 26, 2008

An Interesting Fact...

Easter this year is: Sunday March 23, 2008
* 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. 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 and above). None of us have ever, or will ever, see Easter come as early as March 22.
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 who were around for that!).
* The next time Easter will fall on 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 ever will, see it any earlier than this year!


Ok, I can't take credit for this one! My sister sent it to me...Thanks Trina!!

3 comments:

melinda said...

Hi Mrs. Elmore!! Say hi to your sister for me!! I like your background!!

Anonymous said...

WOW!Great facts!!I had no clue about those interesting facts!!!!!Oh,cant wait till' tomorrow the groups sound really(x3)fun!!And almost forgot,say hey to trina(or who ever she is)for me!!!please&thanks:)


~carshna(casey)

Anonymous said...

Your sister seems smart-is she a teacher? Trina is probably not as cool as you. :0...<:-0 sorry for the comment. But I still think IF I met her, she would be cool-not as cool as you.


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