EASTER is always the first Sunday after the first full moon after the Spring Equinox (March 20). This day of Easter is based on the lunar calendar that Hebrew people used to identify Passover, which is why it always moves around our Roman calendar.
Based on this, Easter can actually be one day earlier (March 22) but this is pretty rare.
This year is the earliest Easter any of us will see for the rest of our lives. 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.
These are the facts: l The next time Easter will be this early (March 23) will be 220 years from now in 2228.
l The last time it was this early was 95 years ago in 1913.
l The next time it will be a day earlier on March 22 will be 277 years from now in 2285.
l The last time it was on March 22 was in 1818. So no-one alive today has - or will ever see - it earlier than this year.
JAMES COTTRELL Bewdley
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