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But some dates crop up on the list more frequently than others. For example, in all of those 250 years, Easter never occurs on Mar. 22 – the earliest date possible. It occurs only once on Mar.
Easter Sunday 2018 falls on April 1, 46 days after Ash Wednesday. Considered the most important holiday in Christianity, Easter marks the resurrection of Jesus Christ, the carpenter turned traveling preacher. It always lands between March 22 and April 25.
Moveable Feasts Related to Easter
Date | Holiday name |
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Friday, March 30, 2018 | Good Friday |
Sunday, April 1, 2018 | Easter |
Monday, April 2, 2018 | Easter Monday |
Thursday, May 10, 2018 | Ascension of Jesus |
List of dates for Easter
Year | Western | Eastern |
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2014 | April 20 | |
2015 | April 5 | April 12 |
2016 | March 27 | May 1 |
2017 | April 16 |
Thus, in 2019, Easter was held on Sunday, April 21, after the full Moon on Friday, April 19.
Easter’s exact date varies so much because it actually depends on the moon. The holiday is set to coincide with the first Sunday after the Paschal Full Moon, the first full moon after the vernal equinox. Because the Jewish calendar is tied to solar and lunar cycles, the dates of Passover and Easter fluctuate each year.
According to the Metonic cycle, the Paschal Full Moon falls on a recurring sequence of 19 dates ranging from March 21 to April 18. Since Easter happens on the Sunday following the Paschal Full Moon, it can fall on any date between March 22 and April 25. (Note: this applies only to years 1753-2400).
The last time Easter fell on March 22 (earliest possible date) was in 1818, and the next time will be in 2285. The most recent time an Easter came in March was March 27, 2016. The earliest Easter in the 21st century came in the year 2008 ( March 23, 2008 ). Another March 23 Easter won’t come again until the year 2160.
In Eastern Christianity, Easter can fall between 22 March and 25 April on Julian Calendar (thus between 4 April and 8 May in terms of the Gregorian calendar, during the period 1900 and 2099), so Good Friday can fall between 20 March and 23 April, inclusive (or between 2 April and 6 May in terms of the Gregorian
Moveable Feasts Related to Easter
Date | Holiday name |
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Sunday, March 29, 1964 | Easter |
Monday, March 30, 1964 | Easter Monday |
Thursday, May 7, 1964 | Ascension of Jesus |
Sunday, May 17, 1964 | Pentecost |
As the precise computation of the moments of the spring equinox and the astronomical full moon is complex and laborious the determination of Easter Sunday has always been based on a simplified method. From 2001 to 2500.
Year | 2069 |
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Easter Sunday | +1 |
Year | 2353 |
Easter Sunday | 26 April |
22 March |
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