Easter Sunday Date Egg 2009

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:
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How is the date of Easter calculated? - When is Easter 2009?

  • 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 AquariusAquarius 21 March 2009
("officially" set as Spring equinox)
Sun Mar 22 Waning Crescent AquariusAquarius
Mon Mar 23 Waning Crescent AquariusAquarius
Tue Mar 24 Waning Crescent PiscesPisces
Wed Mar 25 Waning Crescent PiscesPisces
Thu Mar 26
16:05
(UT/GMT)
NEW MOON AriesAries
Fri Mar 27 Waxing Crescent AriesAries
Sat Mar 28 Waxing Crescent TaurusTaurus
Sun Mar 29 Waxing Crescent TaurusTaurus
Mon Mar 30 Waxing Crescent TaurusTaurus
Tue Mar 31 Waxing Crescent GeminiGemini
Wed Apr 1 Waxing Crescent GeminiGemini
Thu Apr 2 First Quarter CancerCancer
Fri Apr 3 Waxing Gibbous CancerCancer
Sat Apr 4 Waxing Gibbous LeoLeo
Sun Apr 5 Waxing Gibbous LeoLeo
Mon Apr 6 Waxing Gibbous VirgoVirgo
Tue Apr 7 Waxing Gibbous VirgoVirgo
Wed Apr 8 Waxing Gibbous LibraLibra
Thu Apr 9
14:55
(UT/GMT)
FULL MOON LibraLibra First Full Moon following 21 March 2009
Fri Apr 10 Waning Gibbous ScorpioScorpio
Sat Apr 11 Waning Gibbous ScorpioScorpio
Sun Apr 12 Waning Gibbous ScorpioScorpio Easter Sunday
Mon Apr 13 Waning Gibbous SagittariusSagittarius Easter Monday