Date of Easter Sunday 2008, Easter Date

Easter Sunday - Date in Year 2008

Date of Easter Sunday:April 27, 2008

Date of Easter Monday:April 28, 2008

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 2008 is calculated:

First Sunday - following - First Full Moon - following - 21 March 2008

Date 2008		Lunar Phase		Moon Sign	Event
Fri	Mar 21 18:39 (UT/GMT)		FULL MOON	Libra	21 March 2008 ("officially" set as Spring equinox)
Sat	Mar 22		Waning Gibbous	Libra
Sun	Mar 23		Waning Gibbous	Libra
Mon	Mar 24		Waning Gibbous	Scorpio
Tue	Mar 25		Waning Gibbous	Scorpio
Wed	Mar 26		Waning Gibbous	Scorpio
Thu	Mar 27		Waning Gibbous	Sagittarius
Fri	Mar 28		Waning Gibbous	Sagittarius
Sat	Mar 29		Last Quarter	Capricorn
Sun	Mar 30		Last Quarter	Capricorn
Mon	Mar 31		Waning Crescent	Capricorn
Tue	Apr 1		Waning Crescent	Aquarius
Wed	Apr 2		Waning Crescent	Aquarius
Thu	Apr 3		Waning Crescent	Pisces
Fri	Apr 4		Waning Crescent	Pisces
Sat	Apr 5		Waning Crescent	Aries
Sun	Apr 6 03:55 (UT/GMT)		NEW MOON	Aries
Mon	Apr 7		Waxing Crescent	Taurus
Tue	Apr 8		Waxing Crescent	Taurus
Wed	Apr 9		Waxing Crescent	Gemini
Thu	Apr 10		Waxing Crescent	Gemini
Fri	Apr 11		Waxing Crescent	Cancer
Sat	Apr 12		First Quarter	Cancer
Sun	Apr 13		Waxing Gibbous	Leo
Mon	Apr 14		Waxing Gibbous	Leo
Tue	Apr 15		Waxing Gibbous	Leo
Wed	Apr 16		Waxing Gibbous	Virgo
Thu	Apr 17		Waxing Gibbous	Virgo
Fri	Apr 18		Waxing Gibbous	Libra
Sat	Apr 19		Waxing Gibbous	Libra
Sun	Apr 20 10:25 (UT/GMT)		FULL MOON	Scorpio	First Full Moon following 21 March 2008
Mon	Apr 21		Waning Gibbous	Scorpio
Tue	Apr 22		Waning Gibbous	Scorpio
Wed	Apr 23		Waning Gibbous	Sagittarius
Thu	Apr 24		Waning Gibbous	Sagittarius
Fri	Apr 25		Waning Gibbous	Capricorn
Sat	Apr 26		Waning Gibbous	Capricorn
Sun	Apr 27		Waning Gibbous	Capricorn	Easter Sunday
Mon	Apr 28		Last Quarter	Aquarius	Easter Monday