Date of Easter Sunday 2000, Easter Date

Easter Sunday - Date in Year 2000

Date of Easter Sunday:April 23, 2000

Date of Easter Monday:April 24, 2000

Easter dates for other years:

Easter is a "movable feast", which means that its date is not fixed in the calendar.
The date is calculated according to the Lunar Calendar.
Easter is related to the Jewish festival of Pesach (Passover).
In Christian Religion the Easter is celebrated on the first Sunday following the first Spring Full Moon.
Even though Spring Equinox can astronomically fall on different day each year, to simplify the calculation of Easter, the Spring is officialy set to begin on March 21st.
If the first Spring Full Moon falls on Sunday, then the Easter will fall on the following Sunday.

Date of Easter Sunday 2000 is calculated:

First Sunday - following - First Full Moon - following - 21 March 2000

Date 2000		Lunar Phase		Moon Sign	Event
Tue	Mar 21		Waning Gibbous	Libra	21 March 2000 ("officially" set as Spring equinox)
Wed	Mar 22		Waning Gibbous	Scorpio
Thu	Mar 23		Waning Gibbous	Scorpio
Fri	Mar 24		Waning Gibbous	Scorpio
Sat	Mar 25		Waning Gibbous	Sagittarius
Sun	Mar 26		Waning Gibbous	Sagittarius
Mon	Mar 27		Last Quarter	Capricorn
Tue	Mar 28		Last Quarter	Capricorn
Wed	Mar 29		Waning Crescent	Capricorn
Thu	Mar 30		Waning Crescent	Aquarius
Fri	Mar 31		Waning Crescent	Aquarius
Sat	Apr 1		Waning Crescent	Pisces
Sun	Apr 2		Waning Crescent	Pisces
Mon	Apr 3		Waning Crescent	Pisces
Tue	Apr 4 18:12 (UT/GMT)		NEW MOON	Aries
Wed	Apr 5		Waxing Crescent	Aries
Thu	Apr 6		Waxing Crescent	Taurus
Fri	Apr 7		Waxing Crescent	Taurus
Sat	Apr 8		Waxing Crescent	Gemini
Sun	Apr 9		Waxing Crescent	Gemini
Mon	Apr 10		Waxing Crescent	Cancer
Tue	Apr 11		First Quarter	Cancer
Wed	Apr 12		Waxing Gibbous	Leo
Thu	Apr 13		Waxing Gibbous	Leo
Fri	Apr 14		Waxing Gibbous	Virgo
Sat	Apr 15		Waxing Gibbous	Virgo
Sun	Apr 16		Waxing Gibbous	Virgo
Mon	Apr 17		Waxing Gibbous	Libra
Tue	Apr 18 17:41 (UT/GMT)		FULL MOON	Libra	First Full Moon following 21 March 2000
Wed	Apr 19		Waning Gibbous	Scorpio
Thu	Apr 20		Waning Gibbous	Scorpio
Fri	Apr 21		Waning Gibbous	Sagittarius
Sat	Apr 22		Waning Gibbous	Sagittarius
Sun	Apr 23		Waning Gibbous	Sagittarius	Easter Sunday
Mon	Apr 24		Waning Gibbous	Capricorn	Easter Monday