Date of Easter Sunday 2022, Easter Date

Easter Sunday - Date in Year 2022

Date of Easter Sunday:April 17, 2022

Date of Easter Monday:April 18, 2022

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 2022 is calculated:

First Sunday - following - First Full Moon - following - 21 March 2022

Date 2022		Lunar Phase		Moon Sign	Event
Mon	Mar 21		Waning Gibbous	Scorpio	21 March 2022 ("officially" set as Spring equinox)
Tue	Mar 22		Waning Gibbous	Scorpio
Wed	Mar 23		Waning Gibbous	Sagittarius
Thu	Mar 24		Waning Gibbous	Sagittarius
Fri	Mar 25		Last Quarter	Capricorn
Sat	Mar 26		Waning Crescent	Capricorn
Sun	Mar 27		Waning Crescent	Aquarius
Mon	Mar 28		Waning Crescent	Aquarius
Tue	Mar 29		Waning Crescent	Pisces
Wed	Mar 30		Waning Crescent	Pisces
Thu	Mar 31		Waning Crescent	Aries
Fri	Apr 1 06:24 (UT/GMT)		NEW MOON	Aries
Sat	Apr 2		Waxing Crescent	Aries
Sun	Apr 3		Waxing Crescent	Taurus
Mon	Apr 4		Waxing Crescent	Taurus
Tue	Apr 5		Waxing Crescent	Gemini
Wed	Apr 6		Waxing Crescent	Gemini
Thu	Apr 7		Waxing Crescent	Gemini
Fri	Apr 8		Waxing Crescent	Cancer
Sat	Apr 9		First Quarter	Cancer
Sun	Apr 10		Waxing Gibbous	Leo
Mon	Apr 11		Waxing Gibbous	Leo
Tue	Apr 12		Waxing Gibbous	Leo
Wed	Apr 13		Waxing Gibbous	Virgo
Thu	Apr 14		Waxing Gibbous	Virgo
Fri	Apr 15		Waxing Gibbous	Libra
Sat	Apr 16 18:54 (UT/GMT)		FULL MOON	Libra	First Full Moon following 21 March 2022
Sun	Apr 17		Waning Gibbous	Scorpio	Easter Sunday
Mon	Apr 18		Waning Gibbous	Scorpio	Easter Monday