Date of Easter Sunday 2019, Easter Date

Easter Sunday - Date in Year 2019

Date of Easter Sunday:April 21, 2019

Date of Easter Monday:April 22, 2019

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 2019 is calculated:

First Sunday - following - First Full Moon - following - 21 March 2019

Date 2019		Lunar Phase		Moon Sign	Event
Thu	Mar 21 01:42 (UT/GMT)		FULL MOON	Libra	21 March 2019 ("officially" set as Spring equinox)
Fri	Mar 22		Waning Gibbous	Libra
Sat	Mar 23		Waning Gibbous	Scorpio
Sun	Mar 24		Waning Gibbous	Scorpio
Mon	Mar 25		Waning Gibbous	Sagittarius
Tue	Mar 26		Waning Gibbous	Sagittarius
Wed	Mar 27		Waning Gibbous	Sagittarius
Thu	Mar 28		Last Quarter	Capricorn
Fri	Mar 29		Waning Crescent	Capricorn
Sat	Mar 30		Waning Crescent	Aquarius
Sun	Mar 31		Waning Crescent	Aquarius
Mon	Apr 1		Waning Crescent	Aquarius
Tue	Apr 2		Waning Crescent	Pisces
Wed	Apr 3		Waning Crescent	Pisces
Thu	Apr 4		Waning Crescent	Aries
Fri	Apr 5 08:50 (UT/GMT)		NEW MOON	Aries
Sat	Apr 6		Waxing Crescent	Aries
Sun	Apr 7		Waxing Crescent	Taurus
Mon	Apr 8		Waxing Crescent	Taurus
Tue	Apr 9		Waxing Crescent	Gemini
Wed	Apr 10		Waxing Crescent	Gemini
Thu	Apr 11		Waxing Crescent	Cancer
Fri	Apr 12		First Quarter	Cancer
Sat	Apr 13		Waxing Gibbous	Leo
Sun	Apr 14		Waxing Gibbous	Leo
Mon	Apr 15		Waxing Gibbous	Virgo
Tue	Apr 16		Waxing Gibbous	Virgo
Wed	Apr 17		Waxing Gibbous	Libra
Thu	Apr 18		Waxing Gibbous	Libra
Fri	Apr 19 11:12 (UT/GMT)		FULL MOON	Libra	First Full Moon following 21 March 2019
Sat	Apr 20		Waning Gibbous	Scorpio
Sun	Apr 21		Waning Gibbous	Scorpio	Easter Sunday
Mon	Apr 22		Waning Gibbous	Sagittarius	Easter Monday