Easter Sunday Date Egg 2015

Easter Sunday - Date in Year 2015

Date of Easter Sunday:April 5, 2015
Date of Easter Monday:April 6, 2015
Easter dates for other years:
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How is the date of Easter calculated? - When is Easter 2015?

  • 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 2015 is calculated:
First Sunday - following - First Full Moon - following - 21 March 2015
Date 2015 Lunar Phase Moon Sign Event
Sat Mar 21 Waxing Crescent AriesAries 21 March 2015
("officially" set as Spring equinox)
Sun Mar 22 Waxing Crescent TaurusTaurus
Mon Mar 23 Waxing Crescent TaurusTaurus
Tue Mar 24 Waxing Crescent TaurusTaurus
Wed Mar 25 Waxing Crescent GeminiGemini
Thu Mar 26 Waxing Crescent GeminiGemini
Fri Mar 27 First Quarter CancerCancer
Sat Mar 28 Waxing Gibbous CancerCancer
Sun Mar 29 Waxing Gibbous LeoLeo
Mon Mar 30 Waxing Gibbous LeoLeo
Tue Mar 31 Waxing Gibbous LeoLeo
Wed Apr 1 Waxing Gibbous VirgoVirgo
Thu Apr 2 Waxing Gibbous VirgoVirgo
Fri Apr 3 Waxing Gibbous LibraLibra
Sat Apr 4
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(UT/GMT)
FULL MOON LibraLibra First Full Moon following 21 March 2015
Sun Apr 5 Waning Gibbous LibraLibra Easter Sunday
Mon Apr 6 Waning Gibbous ScorpioScorpio Easter Monday