Date of Easter Sunday 2021, Easter Date

Easter Sunday - Date in Year 2021

Date of Easter Sunday:April 4, 2021

Date of Easter Monday:April 5, 2021

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 2021 is calculated:

First Sunday - following - First Full Moon - following - 21 March 2021

Date 2021		Lunar Phase		Moon Sign	Event
Sun	Mar 21		First Quarter	Gemini	21 March 2021 ("officially" set as Spring equinox)
Mon	Mar 22		Waxing Gibbous	Cancer
Tue	Mar 23		Waxing Gibbous	Cancer
Wed	Mar 24		Waxing Gibbous	Leo
Thu	Mar 25		Waxing Gibbous	Leo
Fri	Mar 26		Waxing Gibbous	Virgo
Sat	Mar 27		Waxing Gibbous	Virgo
Sun	Mar 28 18:48 (UT/GMT)		FULL MOON	Libra	First Full Moon following 21 March 2021
Mon	Mar 29		Waning Gibbous	Libra
Tue	Mar 30		Waning Gibbous	Scorpio
Wed	Mar 31		Waning Gibbous	Scorpio
Thu	Apr 1		Waning Gibbous	Sagittarius
Fri	Apr 2		Waning Gibbous	Sagittarius
Sat	Apr 3		Waning Gibbous	Capricorn
Sun	Apr 4		Last Quarter	Capricorn	Easter Sunday
Mon	Apr 5		Waning Crescent	Capricorn	Easter Monday