Date of Easter Sunday 2013, Easter Date

Easter Sunday - Date in Year 2013

Date of Easter Sunday:March 31, 2013

Date of Easter Monday:April 1, 2013

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 2013 is calculated:

First Sunday - following - First Full Moon - following - 21 March 2013

Date 2013		Lunar Phase		Moon Sign	Event
Thu	Mar 21		Waxing Gibbous	Cancer	21 March 2013 ("officially" set as Spring equinox)
Fri	Mar 22		Waxing Gibbous	Leo
Sat	Mar 23		Waxing Gibbous	Leo
Sun	Mar 24		Waxing Gibbous	Leo
Mon	Mar 25		Waxing Gibbous	Virgo
Tue	Mar 26		Waxing Gibbous	Virgo
Wed	Mar 27 09:27 (UT/GMT)		FULL MOON	Libra	First Full Moon following 21 March 2013
Thu	Mar 28		Waning Gibbous	Libra
Fri	Mar 29		Waning Gibbous	Scorpio
Sat	Mar 30		Waning Gibbous	Scorpio
Sun	Mar 31		Waning Gibbous	Sagittarius	Easter Sunday
Mon	Apr 1		Waning Gibbous	Sagittarius	Easter Monday