Date of Easter Sunday 2017, Easter Date

Easter Sunday - Date in Year 2017

Date of Easter Sunday:April 16, 2017

Date of Easter Monday:April 17, 2017

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 2017 is calculated:

First Sunday - following - First Full Moon - following - 21 March 2017

Date 2017		Lunar Phase		Moon Sign	Event
Tue	Mar 21		Waning Crescent	Capricorn	21 March 2017 ("officially" set as Spring equinox)
Wed	Mar 22		Waning Crescent	Capricorn
Thu	Mar 23		Waning Crescent	Aquarius
Fri	Mar 24		Waning Crescent	Aquarius
Sat	Mar 25		Waning Crescent	Pisces
Sun	Mar 26		Waning Crescent	Pisces
Mon	Mar 27		Waning Crescent	Pisces
Tue	Mar 28 02:57 (UT/GMT)		NEW MOON	Aries
Wed	Mar 29		Waxing Crescent	Aries
Thu	Mar 30		Waxing Crescent	Taurus
Fri	Mar 31		Waxing Crescent	Taurus
Sat	Apr 1		Waxing Crescent	Gemini
Sun	Apr 2		Waxing Crescent	Gemini
Mon	Apr 3		First Quarter	Cancer
Tue	Apr 4		Waxing Gibbous	Cancer
Wed	Apr 5		Waxing Gibbous	Leo
Thu	Apr 6		Waxing Gibbous	Leo
Fri	Apr 7		Waxing Gibbous	Virgo
Sat	Apr 8		Waxing Gibbous	Virgo
Sun	Apr 9		Waxing Gibbous	Virgo
Mon	Apr 10		Waxing Gibbous	Libra
Tue	Apr 11 06:08 (UT/GMT)		FULL MOON	Libra	First Full Moon following 21 March 2017
Wed	Apr 12		Waning Gibbous	Scorpio
Thu	Apr 13		Waning Gibbous	Scorpio
Fri	Apr 14		Waning Gibbous	Sagittarius
Sat	Apr 15		Waning Gibbous	Sagittarius
Sun	Apr 16		Waning Gibbous	Sagittarius	Easter Sunday
Mon	Apr 17		Waning Gibbous	Capricorn	Easter Monday