Date of Easter Sunday 2018, Easter Date

Easter Sunday - Date in Year 2018

Date of Easter Sunday:April 1, 2018

Date of Easter Monday:April 2, 2018

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 2018 is calculated:

First Sunday - following - First Full Moon - following - 21 March 2018

Date 2018		Lunar Phase		Moon Sign	Event
Wed	Mar 21		Waxing Crescent	Taurus	21 March 2018 ("officially" set as Spring equinox)
Thu	Mar 22		Waxing Crescent	Gemini
Fri	Mar 23		Waxing Crescent	Gemini
Sat	Mar 24		First Quarter	Cancer
Sun	Mar 25		Waxing Gibbous	Cancer
Mon	Mar 26		Waxing Gibbous	Leo
Tue	Mar 27		Waxing Gibbous	Leo
Wed	Mar 28		Waxing Gibbous	Leo
Thu	Mar 29		Waxing Gibbous	Virgo
Fri	Mar 30		Waxing Gibbous	Virgo
Sat	Mar 31 12:36 (UT/GMT)		FULL MOON	Libra	First Full Moon following 21 March 2018
Sun	Apr 1		Waning Gibbous	Libra	Easter Sunday
Mon	Apr 2		Waning Gibbous	Scorpio	Easter Monday