Easter Sunday Date Egg 2014

Easter Sunday - Date in Year 2014

Date of Easter Sunday:April 20, 2014
Date of Easter Monday:April 21, 2014
Easter dates for other years:
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How is the date of Easter calculated? - When is Easter 2014?

  • 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 2014 is calculated:
First Sunday - following - First Full Moon - following - 21 March 2014
Date 2014 Lunar Phase Moon Sign Event
Fri Mar 21 Waning Gibbous ScorpioScorpio 21 March 2014
("officially" set as Spring equinox)
Sat Mar 22 Waning Gibbous SagittariusSagittarius
Sun Mar 23 Waning Gibbous SagittariusSagittarius
Mon Mar 24 Last Quarter
CapricornCapricorn
Tue Mar 25 Waning Crescent CapricornCapricorn
Wed Mar 26 Waning Crescent AquariusAquarius
Thu Mar 27 Waning Crescent AquariusAquarius
Fri Mar 28 Waning Crescent PiscesPisces
Sat Mar 29 Waning Crescent PiscesPisces
Sun Mar 30
18:44
(UT/GMT)
NEW MOON AriesAries
Mon Mar 31 Waxing Crescent AriesAries
Tue Apr 1 Waxing Crescent TaurusTaurus
Wed Apr 2 Waxing Crescent TaurusTaurus
Thu Apr 3 Waxing Crescent GeminiGemini
Fri Apr 4 Waxing Crescent GeminiGemini
Sat Apr 5 Waxing Crescent GeminiGemini
Sun Apr 6 Waxing Crescent CancerCancer
Mon Apr 7 First Quarter CancerCancer
Tue Apr 8 Waxing Gibbous LeoLeo
Wed Apr 9 Waxing Gibbous LeoLeo
Thu Apr 10 Waxing Gibbous LeoLeo
Fri Apr 11 Waxing Gibbous VirgoVirgo
Sat Apr 12 Waxing Gibbous VirgoVirgo
Sun Apr 13 Waxing Gibbous LibraLibra
Mon Apr 14 Waxing Gibbous LibraLibra
Tue Apr 15
07:42
(UT/GMT)
FULL MOON LibraLibra First Full Moon following 21 March 2014
Wed Apr 16 Waning Gibbous ScorpioScorpio
Thu Apr 17 Waning Gibbous ScorpioScorpio
Fri Apr 18 Waning Gibbous SagittariusSagittarius
Sat Apr 19 Waning Gibbous SagittariusSagittarius
Sun Apr 20 Waning Gibbous CapricornCapricorn Easter Sunday
Mon Apr 21 Waning Gibbous CapricornCapricorn Easter Monday