Date of Easter Sunday 2016, Easter Date

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:

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	Virgo	21 March 2016 ("officially" set as Spring equinox)
Tue	Mar 22		Waxing Gibbous	Virgo
Wed	Mar 23 12:00 (UT/GMT)		FULL MOON	Libra	First Full Moon following 21 March 2016
Thu	Mar 24		Waning Gibbous	Libra
Fri	Mar 25		Waning Gibbous	Libra
Sat	Mar 26		Waning Gibbous	Scorpio
Sun	Mar 27		Waning Gibbous	Scorpio	Easter Sunday
Mon	Mar 28		Waning Gibbous	Sagittarius	Easter Monday