Date of Easter Sunday 2004, Easter Date

Easter Sunday - Date in Year 2004

Date of Easter Sunday:April 11, 2004

Date of Easter Monday:April 12, 2004

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 2004 is calculated:

First Sunday - following - First Full Moon - following - 21 March 2004

Date 2004		Lunar Phase		Moon Sign	Event
Sun	Mar 21		Waxing Crescent	Aries	21 March 2004 ("officially" set as Spring equinox)
Mon	Mar 22		Waxing Crescent	Aries
Tue	Mar 23		Waxing Crescent	Taurus
Wed	Mar 24		Waxing Crescent	Taurus
Thu	Mar 25		Waxing Crescent	Taurus
Fri	Mar 26		Waxing Crescent	Gemini
Sat	Mar 27		Waxing Crescent	Gemini
Sun	Mar 28		First Quarter	Cancer
Mon	Mar 29		First Quarter	Cancer
Tue	Mar 30		Waxing Gibbous	Cancer
Wed	Mar 31		Waxing Gibbous	Leo
Thu	Apr 1		Waxing Gibbous	Leo
Fri	Apr 2		Waxing Gibbous	Virgo
Sat	Apr 3		Waxing Gibbous	Virgo
Sun	Apr 4		Waxing Gibbous	Libra
Mon	Apr 5 11:02 (UT/GMT)		FULL MOON	Libra	First Full Moon following 21 March 2004
Tue	Apr 6		Waning Gibbous	Scorpio
Wed	Apr 7		Waning Gibbous	Scorpio
Thu	Apr 8		Waning Gibbous	Sagittarius
Fri	Apr 9		Waning Gibbous	Sagittarius
Sat	Apr 10		Waning Gibbous	Sagittarius
Sun	Apr 11		Waning Gibbous	Capricorn	Easter Sunday
Mon	Apr 12		Last Quarter	Capricorn	Easter Monday