Once in a blue moon
Easter was very early this year. 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 and 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.
Easter this year is the earliest 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 before (95 years old or above!). None of us have ever, or will ever, see it a day earlier! Here are some interesting facts:
1 The next time Easter will be as early as it was this year (March 23) will be the year 2160! (152 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 just one 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!
The odds are better for witnessing a late Easter. Many people are still around from the last time Easter fell on April 25, an event which took place in 1943, and a good many people here today will possibly still be around when Easter next falls on April 25, which occurs in 2038.