Date of Easter Sunday 2005, Easter Date

Easter Sunday - Date in Year 2005

Date of Easter Sunday:March 27, 2005

Date of Easter Monday:March 28, 2005

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 2005 is calculated:

First Sunday - following - First Full Moon - following - 21 March 2005

Date 2005		Lunar Phase		Moon Sign	Event
Mon	Mar 21		Waxing Gibbous	Leo	21 March 2005 ("officially" set as Spring equinox)
Tue	Mar 22		Waxing Gibbous	Leo
Wed	Mar 23		Waxing Gibbous	Virgo
Thu	Mar 24		Waxing Gibbous	Virgo
Fri	Mar 25 20:58 (UT/GMT)		FULL MOON	Libra	First Full Moon following 21 March 2005
Sat	Mar 26		Waning Gibbous	Libra
Sun	Mar 27		Waning Gibbous	Libra	Easter Sunday
Mon	Mar 28		Waning Gibbous	Scorpio	Easter Monday