Easter Sunday Date Egg 2016

Easter Sunday - Date in Year 2016

Date of Easter Sunday:March 27, 2016
Date of Easter Monday:March 28, 2016
Easter dates for other years:
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How is the date of Easter calculated? - When is Easter 2016?

  • 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 2016 is calculated:
First Sunday - following - First Full Moon - following - 21 March 2016
Date 2016 Lunar Phase Moon Sign Event
Mon Mar 21 Waxing Gibbous VirgoVirgo 21 March 2016
("officially" set as Spring equinox)
Tue Mar 22 Waxing Gibbous VirgoVirgo
Wed Mar 23
12:00
(UT/GMT)
FULL MOON LibraLibra First Full Moon following 21 March 2016
Thu Mar 24 Waning Gibbous LibraLibra
Fri Mar 25 Waning Gibbous LibraLibra
Sat Mar 26 Waning Gibbous ScorpioScorpio
Sun Mar 27 Waning Gibbous ScorpioScorpio Easter Sunday
Mon Mar 28 Waning Gibbous SagittariusSagittarius Easter Monday