Easter is the 1st Sunday after the 1st full moon after the Spring (Vernal) Equinox. The Spring Equinox for 2008 is March 20, 1:48 a.m. EDT. The Full "Worm" Moon is the next day, March 21st, at 2:40 p.m. So this early Easter is the following Sunday, the 23rd.This dating of Easter is based on the Lunar calendar that Hebrews used to identify Passover, which is why it moves around on our Roman calendar. Based on the above, Easter can actually be one day earlier (March 22) but that is even more rare.1) The next time Easter will be this early, March 23, will be the year 2160. The last time it was this early was 1913.2) The next time it will be a day earlier, March 22, will be in the year 2285. The last time it was on March 22 was 1818.
Pulitzer Prize winner Connie Schultz, Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown's wife, was on C-SPAN the other day. She's great! Makes me like Sherrod all the more. She also tells some great stories about him that let me know what a kind, caring man he is. We are truly lucky to have him as a Senator.
I wasn't familiar with her, her column or book, but one questioner compares her to Molly Ivins, so that's pretty high praise in my book. Having watched it again, she is really good. I'm going to have to start reading her column since it is available online at http://www.creators.com/opinion/connie-schultz.html.
You can click and watch in Flash Video or Windows Media formats. It's ~ 55 min.
Connie Schultz on C-SPAN.
this is the Flash Video link taken from the player:
http://www.c-spanarchives.org/library/index.php?main_page=product_video_info&products_id=200875-1&showVid=true
Easter is the 1st Sunday after the 1st full moon after the Spring (Vernal) Equinox. The Spring Equinox for 2008 is March 20, 1:48 a.m. EDT. The Full "Worm" Moon is the next day, March 21st, at 2:40 p.m. So this early Easter is the following Sunday, the 23rd.
