Easter Sunday Date Egg 2006

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:
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How is the date of Easter calculated? - When is Easter 2006?

  • 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 SagittariusSagittarius 21 March 2006
("officially" set as Spring equinox)
Wed Mar 22 Last Quarter
SagittariusSagittarius
Thu Mar 23 Waning Crescent CapricornCapricorn
Fri Mar 24 Waning Crescent CapricornCapricorn
Sat Mar 25 Waning Crescent AquariusAquarius
Sun Mar 26 Waning Crescent AquariusAquarius
Mon Mar 27 Waning Crescent PiscesPisces
Tue Mar 28 Waning Crescent PiscesPisces
Wed Mar 29
10:15
(UT/GMT)
NEW MOON AriesAries
Thu Mar 30 Waxing Crescent AriesAries
Fri Mar 31 Waxing Crescent TaurusTaurus
Sat Apr 1 Waxing Crescent TaurusTaurus
Sun Apr 2 Waxing Crescent GeminiGemini
Mon Apr 3 Waxing Crescent GeminiGemini
Tue Apr 4 Waxing Crescent CancerCancer
Wed Apr 5 First Quarter CancerCancer
Thu Apr 6 Waxing Gibbous CancerCancer
Fri Apr 7 Waxing Gibbous LeoLeo
Sat Apr 8 Waxing Gibbous LeoLeo
Sun Apr 9 Waxing Gibbous VirgoVirgo
Mon Apr 10 Waxing Gibbous VirgoVirgo
Tue Apr 11 Waxing Gibbous VirgoVirgo
Wed Apr 12 Waxing Gibbous LibraLibra
Thu Apr 13
16:40
(UT/GMT)
FULL MOON LibraLibra First Full Moon following 21 March 2006
Fri Apr 14 Waning Gibbous ScorpioScorpio
Sat Apr 15 Waning Gibbous ScorpioScorpio
Sun Apr 16 Waning Gibbous ScorpioScorpio Easter Sunday
Mon Apr 17 Waning Gibbous SagittariusSagittarius Easter Monday