Date of Easter Sunday 2009, Easter Date

Easter Sunday - Date in Year 2009

Date of Easter Sunday:April 12, 2009

Date of Easter Monday:April 13, 2009

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 2009 is calculated:

First Sunday - following - First Full Moon - following - 21 March 2009

Date 2009		Lunar Phase		Moon Sign	Event
Sat	Mar 21		Waning Crescent	Aquarius	21 March 2009 ("officially" set as Spring equinox)
Sun	Mar 22		Waning Crescent	Aquarius
Mon	Mar 23		Waning Crescent	Aquarius
Tue	Mar 24		Waning Crescent	Pisces
Wed	Mar 25		Waning Crescent	Pisces
Thu	Mar 26 16:05 (UT/GMT)		NEW MOON	Aries
Fri	Mar 27		Waxing Crescent	Aries
Sat	Mar 28		Waxing Crescent	Taurus
Sun	Mar 29		Waxing Crescent	Taurus
Mon	Mar 30		Waxing Crescent	Taurus
Tue	Mar 31		Waxing Crescent	Gemini
Wed	Apr 1		Waxing Crescent	Gemini
Thu	Apr 2		First Quarter	Cancer
Fri	Apr 3		Waxing Gibbous	Cancer
Sat	Apr 4		Waxing Gibbous	Leo
Sun	Apr 5		Waxing Gibbous	Leo
Mon	Apr 6		Waxing Gibbous	Virgo
Tue	Apr 7		Waxing Gibbous	Virgo
Wed	Apr 8		Waxing Gibbous	Libra
Thu	Apr 9 14:55 (UT/GMT)		FULL MOON	Libra	First Full Moon following 21 March 2009
Fri	Apr 10		Waning Gibbous	Scorpio
Sat	Apr 11		Waning Gibbous	Scorpio
Sun	Apr 12		Waning Gibbous	Scorpio	Easter Sunday
Mon	Apr 13		Waning Gibbous	Sagittarius	Easter Monday