Date of Easter Sunday 2003, Easter Date

Easter Sunday - Date in Year 2003

Date of Easter Sunday:April 20, 2003

Date of Easter Monday:April 21, 2003

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 2003 is calculated:

First Sunday - following - First Full Moon - following - 21 March 2003

Date 2003		Lunar Phase		Moon Sign	Event
Fri	Mar 21		Waning Gibbous	Scorpio	21 March 2003 ("officially" set as Spring equinox)
Sat	Mar 22		Waning Gibbous	Scorpio
Sun	Mar 23		Waning Gibbous	Sagittarius
Mon	Mar 24		Waning Gibbous	Sagittarius
Tue	Mar 25		Last Quarter	Capricorn
Wed	Mar 26		Waning Crescent	Capricorn
Thu	Mar 27		Waning Crescent	Aquarius
Fri	Mar 28		Waning Crescent	Aquarius
Sat	Mar 29		Waning Crescent	Pisces
Sun	Mar 30		Waning Crescent	Pisces
Mon	Mar 31		Waning Crescent	Pisces
Tue	Apr 1 19:18 (UT/GMT)		NEW MOON	Aries
Wed	Apr 2		Waxing Crescent	Aries
Thu	Apr 3		Waxing Crescent	Taurus
Fri	Apr 4		Waxing Crescent	Taurus
Sat	Apr 5		Waxing Crescent	Taurus
Sun	Apr 6		Waxing Crescent	Gemini
Mon	Apr 7		Waxing Crescent	Gemini
Tue	Apr 8		Waxing Crescent	Cancer
Wed	Apr 9		First Quarter	Cancer
Thu	Apr 10		First Quarter	Cancer
Fri	Apr 11		Waxing Gibbous	Leo
Sat	Apr 12		Waxing Gibbous	Leo
Sun	Apr 13		Waxing Gibbous	Virgo
Mon	Apr 14		Waxing Gibbous	Virgo
Tue	Apr 15		Waxing Gibbous	Libra
Wed	Apr 16 19:35 (UT/GMT)		FULL MOON	Libra	First Full Moon following 21 March 2003
Thu	Apr 17		Waning Gibbous	Scorpio
Fri	Apr 18		Waning Gibbous	Scorpio
Sat	Apr 19		Waning Gibbous	Sagittarius
Sun	Apr 20		Waning Gibbous	Sagittarius	Easter Sunday
Mon	Apr 21		Waning Gibbous	Capricorn	Easter Monday