Date of Easter Sunday 2002, Easter Date

Easter Sunday - Date in Year 2002

Date of Easter Sunday:March 31, 2002

Date of Easter Monday:April 1, 2002

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 2002 is calculated:

First Sunday - following - First Full Moon - following - 21 March 2002

Date 2002		Lunar Phase		Moon Sign	Event
Thu	Mar 21		Waxing Crescent	Gemini	21 March 2002 ("officially" set as Spring equinox)
Fri	Mar 22		First Quarter	Cancer
Sat	Mar 23		Waxing Gibbous	Cancer
Sun	Mar 24		Waxing Gibbous	Leo
Mon	Mar 25		Waxing Gibbous	Leo
Tue	Mar 26		Waxing Gibbous	Virgo
Wed	Mar 27		Waxing Gibbous	Virgo
Thu	Mar 28 18:24 (UT/GMT)		FULL MOON	Libra	First Full Moon following 21 March 2002
Fri	Mar 29		Waning Gibbous	Libra
Sat	Mar 30		Waning Gibbous	Scorpio
Sun	Mar 31		Waning Gibbous	Scorpio	Easter Sunday
Mon	Apr 1		Waning Gibbous	Sagittarius	Easter Monday