why Easter is early this year

[OLDFORDNUT]

A once in a lifetime experience!
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> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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!