Date of Easter Sunday 2001, Easter Date

Easter Sunday - Date in Year 2001

Date of Easter Sunday:April 15, 2001

Date of Easter Monday:April 16, 2001

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 2001 is calculated:

First Sunday - following - First Full Moon - following - 21 March 2001

Date 2001		Lunar Phase		Moon Sign	Event
Wed	Mar 21		Waning Crescent	Aquarius	21 March 2001 ("officially" set as Spring equinox)
Thu	Mar 22		Waning Crescent	Pisces
Fri	Mar 23		Waning Crescent	Pisces
Sat	Mar 24		Waning Crescent	Pisces
Sun	Mar 25 01:21 (UT/GMT)		NEW MOON	Aries
Mon	Mar 26		Waxing Crescent	Aries
Tue	Mar 27		Waxing Crescent	Taurus
Wed	Mar 28		Waxing Crescent	Taurus
Thu	Mar 29		Waxing Crescent	Gemini
Fri	Mar 30		Waxing Crescent	Gemini
Sat	Mar 31		Waxing Crescent	Gemini
Sun	Apr 1		First Quarter	Cancer
Mon	Apr 2		Waxing Gibbous	Cancer
Tue	Apr 3		Waxing Gibbous	Leo
Wed	Apr 4		Waxing Gibbous	Leo
Thu	Apr 5		Waxing Gibbous	Virgo
Fri	Apr 6		Waxing Gibbous	Virgo
Sat	Apr 7		Waxing Gibbous	Libra
Sun	Apr 8 03:21 (UT/GMT)		FULL MOON	Libra	First Full Moon following 21 March 2001
Mon	Apr 9		Waning Gibbous	Scorpio
Tue	Apr 10		Waning Gibbous	Scorpio
Wed	Apr 11		Waning Gibbous	Sagittarius
Thu	Apr 12		Waning Gibbous	Sagittarius
Fri	Apr 13		Waning Gibbous	Sagittarius
Sat	Apr 14		Waning Gibbous	Capricorn
Sun	Apr 15		Last Quarter	Capricorn	Easter Sunday
Mon	Apr 16		Waning Crescent	Aquarius	Easter Monday