Easter Sunday Date Egg 2011

Easter Sunday - Date in Year 2011

Date of Easter Sunday:April 24, 2011
Date of Easter Monday:April 25, 2011
Easter dates for other years:
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How is the date of Easter calculated? - When is Easter 2011?

  • 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 2011 is calculated:
First Sunday - following - First Full Moon - following - 21 March 2011
Date 2011 Lunar Phase Moon Sign Event
Mon Mar 21 Waning Gibbous LibraLibra 21 March 2011
("officially" set as Spring equinox)
Tue Mar 22 Waning Gibbous ScorpioScorpio
Wed Mar 23 Waning Gibbous ScorpioScorpio
Thu Mar 24 Waning Gibbous SagittariusSagittarius
Fri Mar 25 Waning Gibbous SagittariusSagittarius
Sat Mar 26 Last Quarter
CapricornCapricorn
Sun Mar 27 Waning Crescent CapricornCapricorn
Mon Mar 28 Waning Crescent AquariusAquarius
Tue Mar 29 Waning Crescent AquariusAquarius
Wed Mar 30 Waning Crescent AquariusAquarius
Thu Mar 31 Waning Crescent PiscesPisces
Fri Apr 1 Waning Crescent PiscesPisces
Sat Apr 2 Waning Crescent AriesAries
Sun Apr 3
14:32
(UT/GMT)
NEW MOON AriesAries
Mon Apr 4 Waxing Crescent AriesAries
Tue Apr 5 Waxing Crescent TaurusTaurus
Wed Apr 6 Waxing Crescent TaurusTaurus
Thu Apr 7 Waxing Crescent GeminiGemini
Fri Apr 8 Waxing Crescent GeminiGemini
Sat Apr 9 Waxing Crescent GeminiGemini
Sun Apr 10 Waxing Crescent CancerCancer
Mon Apr 11 First Quarter CancerCancer
Tue Apr 12 Waxing Gibbous LeoLeo
Wed Apr 13 Waxing Gibbous LeoLeo
Thu Apr 14 Waxing Gibbous VirgoVirgo
Fri Apr 15 Waxing Gibbous VirgoVirgo
Sat Apr 16 Waxing Gibbous LibraLibra
Sun Apr 17 Waxing Gibbous LibraLibra
Mon Apr 18
02:43
(UT/GMT)
FULL MOON LibraLibra First Full Moon following 21 March 2011
Tue Apr 19 Waning Gibbous ScorpioScorpio
Wed Apr 20 Waning Gibbous SagittariusSagittarius
Thu Apr 21 Waning Gibbous SagittariusSagittarius
Fri Apr 22 Waning Gibbous CapricornCapricorn
Sat Apr 23 Waning Gibbous CapricornCapricorn
Sun Apr 24 Last Quarter
CapricornCapricorn Easter Sunday
Mon Apr 25 Last Quarter
AquariusAquarius Easter Monday