Easter, St. Pat's, equinox & full moon

[Roxanne Appleby]

All in the past week.

When was the last time that happened?

OK - St. Patrick's day and vernal equinox always happen within 3-4 days of each other (duh - ).

But, my extensive research (three minutes googling) reveals that the last time St. Pat's & Easter were the same week was 1940 - 68 years ago - meaning thiis is the first and probably last time in my life.

Now - thow in a full moon and - ?????? .

Any astro-calendar experts?


(My family just celebrated by coloring Easter eggs, eating corned beef and cabbage, and drinking wine tonight.)

 

[cantdog]

95 years before Easter is this early again.

 

[Guest]

95 years before Easter is this early again.

220, I thought.

Edited to add:http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080316080458AAt0fxz

Easter this year is: Sunday, March 23, 2008. 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 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. 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 are the facts:The next time Easter will be this
early (March 23) will be t he year 2228 (220 years from now). The last
time it was th is early was 1913 (so if you're 95 or older, you are the
only ones that were around for that!). 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 this today has, or ever will see Easter any earlier
than this year !


And the minister said so at church today.

 

[WRJames]

Easter is always close to a full moon -- it is the first Sunday after the first full moon after the Spring equinox -- which means it is about as early as it can be this year.

We have little lights we put out to mark the holidays during the dark portion of the year -- ghosts and goblins, turkeys, Santas and packages, snowmen ( for the time in between Christmas and Valentines Day) -- then hearts, shamrocks, and eggs an bunnies. But this year there was not enough of a gap between the shamrocks and the Easter lights -- I didn't get the eggs an bunnies up until Friday (partly because it was SO windy the previous two days).

It was twenty-five degrees on the way up to church this morning -- not exactly Easter weather.

 

[MagicaPractica]

It's a sign! It's a sign! It's the end of the world!!!



(Sorry, couldn't help it. I'm writing about a post pandemic world and that's what popped to mind when I saw the headline.)

 

[Guest]

It's a sign! It's a sign! It's the end of the world!!!



(Sorry, couldn't help it. I'm writing about a post pandemic world and that's what popped to mind when I saw the headline.)

We should all have as much sex as possible.

Just in case.

 

[MagicaPractica]

We should all have as much sex as possible.

Just in case.

I like your thinking!

 

[Guest]

I like your thinking!