Date of Easter Sunday 2010, Easter Date

Easter Sunday - Date in Year 2010

Date of Easter Sunday:April 4, 2010

Date of Easter Monday:April 5, 2010

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 2010 is calculated:

First Sunday - following - First Full Moon - following - 21 March 2010

Date 2010		Lunar Phase		Moon Sign	Event
Sun	Mar 21		Waxing Crescent	Gemini	21 March 2010 ("officially" set as Spring equinox)
Mon	Mar 22		Waxing Crescent	Gemini
Tue	Mar 23		First Quarter	Cancer
Wed	Mar 24		Waxing Gibbous	Cancer
Thu	Mar 25		Waxing Gibbous	Leo
Fri	Mar 26		Waxing Gibbous	Leo
Sat	Mar 27		Waxing Gibbous	Virgo
Sun	Mar 28		Waxing Gibbous	Virgo
Mon	Mar 29		Waxing Gibbous	Libra
Tue	Mar 30 02:25 (UT/GMT)		FULL MOON	Libra	First Full Moon following 21 March 2010
Wed	Mar 31		Waning Gibbous	Libra
Thu	Apr 1		Waning Gibbous	Scorpio
Fri	Apr 2		Waning Gibbous	Scorpio
Sat	Apr 3		Waning Gibbous	Sagittarius
Sun	Apr 4		Waning Gibbous	Sagittarius	Easter Sunday
Mon	Apr 5		Waning Gibbous	Capricorn	Easter Monday