earliest easter

[whatever]

got this in my email and thought was interesting. Someone likes to do research.............

Earliest Easter
This year is the earliest Easter any of us will see for the rest of our lives.
And, only the most elderly of our population have ever seen it this early (95 years old or above).
None of us have ever, or will ever, see it a day earlier. 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.
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.

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[freeby4me]

That is really strange to think about. Thanks for sharing with us!!

[ilovecats]

The next time Easter will be this early (March 23) will be the year 2228 (220 years from now).

My 12 yr old came home with this tidbit the other day.Am I the only one who does not understand who or how "they" choose to make the date?

[buglebe]

I think it is done by religious reasoning but I don't know how.

[whatever]

My dh and i were just talking the other day that this seems to be really early for easter this year. Doesn't it usually fall in april??

[Jolie Rouge]

The rule is that Easter is the first Sunday after the first ecclesiastical full moon that occurs on or after March 21. The lunar cycles used by the ecclesiastical system are simple to program.

The following algorithm will compute the date of Easter in the Gregorian Calendar system.

The algorithm uses the year, y, to give the month, m, and day, d, of Easter. The symbol * means multiply.

Please note the following: This is an integer calculation. All variables are integers and all remainders from division are dropped. For example, 7 divided by 3 is equal to 2 in integer arithmetic.


c = y / 100
n = y - 19 * ( y / 19 )
k = ( c - 17 ) / 25
i = c - c / 4 - ( c - k ) / 3 + 19 * n + 15
i = i - 30 * ( i / 30 )
i = i - ( i / 28 ) * ( 1 - ( i / 28 ) * ( 29 / ( i + 1 ) )
* ( ( 21 - n ) / 11 ) )
j = y + y / 4 + i + 2 - c + c / 4
j = j - 7 * ( j / 7 )
l = i - j
m = 3 + ( l + 40 ) / 44
d = l + 28 - 31 * ( m / 4 )


For more detail .... don't say I didn't warn you ....
http://aa.usno.navy.mil/faq/docs/easter.php

[ilovecats]

The rule is that Easter is the first Sunday after the first ecclesiastical full moon that occurs on or after March 21. The lunar cycles used by the ecclesiastical system are simple to program.

The following algorithm will compute the date of Easter in the Gregorian Calendar system.

The algorithm uses the year, y, to give the month, m, and day, d, of Easter. The symbol * means multiply.

Please note the following: This is an integer calculation. All variables are integers and all remainders from division are dropped. For example, 7 divided by 3 is equal to 2 in integer arithmetic.


c = y / 100
n = y - 19 * ( y / 19 )
k = ( c - 17 ) / 25
i = c - c / 4 - ( c - k ) / 3 + 19 * n + 15
i = i - 30 * ( i / 30 )
i = i - ( i / 28 ) * ( 1 - ( i / 28 ) * ( 29 / ( i + 1 ) )
* ( ( 21 - n ) / 11 ) )
j = y + y / 4 + i + 2 - c + c / 4
j = j - 7 * ( j / 7 )
l = i - j
m = 3 + ( l + 40 ) / 44
d = l + 28 - 31 * ( m / 4 )


For more detail .... don't say I didn't warn you ....
http://aa.usno.navy.mil/faq/docs/easter.php

Oh wow!Sorry I asked.lol