March 23rd Birthdays

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Easter 2008 and March 23rd birthdays

As you may have wondered, 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.
>
> Found out a couple of things you might be interested in! Based on the
> above, Easter can actually be one day earlier (March 22) 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 (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!