Date of Easter Sunday 2006, Easter Date

Easter Sunday - Date in Year 2006

Date of Easter Sunday:April 16, 2006

Date of Easter Monday:April 17, 2006

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 2006 is calculated:

First Sunday - following - First Full Moon - following - 21 March 2006

Date 2006		Lunar Phase		Moon Sign	Event
Tue	Mar 21		Waning Gibbous	Sagittarius	21 March 2006 ("officially" set as Spring equinox)
Wed	Mar 22		Last Quarter	Sagittarius
Thu	Mar 23		Waning Crescent	Capricorn
Fri	Mar 24		Waning Crescent	Capricorn
Sat	Mar 25		Waning Crescent	Aquarius
Sun	Mar 26		Waning Crescent	Aquarius
Mon	Mar 27		Waning Crescent	Pisces
Tue	Mar 28		Waning Crescent	Pisces
Wed	Mar 29 10:15 (UT/GMT)		NEW MOON	Aries
Thu	Mar 30		Waxing Crescent	Aries
Fri	Mar 31		Waxing Crescent	Taurus
Sat	Apr 1		Waxing Crescent	Taurus
Sun	Apr 2		Waxing Crescent	Gemini
Mon	Apr 3		Waxing Crescent	Gemini
Tue	Apr 4		Waxing Crescent	Cancer
Wed	Apr 5		First Quarter	Cancer
Thu	Apr 6		Waxing Gibbous	Cancer
Fri	Apr 7		Waxing Gibbous	Leo
Sat	Apr 8		Waxing Gibbous	Leo
Sun	Apr 9		Waxing Gibbous	Virgo
Mon	Apr 10		Waxing Gibbous	Virgo
Tue	Apr 11		Waxing Gibbous	Virgo
Wed	Apr 12		Waxing Gibbous	Libra
Thu	Apr 13 16:40 (UT/GMT)		FULL MOON	Libra	First Full Moon following 21 March 2006
Fri	Apr 14		Waning Gibbous	Scorpio
Sat	Apr 15		Waning Gibbous	Scorpio
Sun	Apr 16		Waning Gibbous	Scorpio	Easter Sunday
Mon	Apr 17		Waning Gibbous	Sagittarius	Easter Monday