Easter Sunday Date Egg 2024

Easter Sunday - Date in Year 2024

Date of Easter Sunday:March 31, 2024
Date of Easter Monday:April 1, 2024
Easter dates for other years:
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How is the date of Easter calculated? - When is Easter 2024?

  • 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 2024 is calculated:
First Sunday - following - First Full Moon - following - 21 March 2024
Date 2024 Lunar Phase Moon Sign Event
Thu Mar 21 Waxing Gibbous LeoLeo 21 March 2024
("officially" set as Spring equinox)
Fri Mar 22 Waxing Gibbous VirgoVirgo
Sat Mar 23 Waxing Gibbous VirgoVirgo
Sun Mar 24 Waxing Gibbous VirgoVirgo
Mon Mar 25
07:00
(UT/GMT)
FULL MOON LibraLibra First Full Moon following 21 March 2024
Tue Mar 26 Waning Gibbous LibraLibra
Wed Mar 27 Waning Gibbous ScorpioScorpio
Thu Mar 28 Waning Gibbous ScorpioScorpio
Fri Mar 29 Waning Gibbous ScorpioScorpio
Sat Mar 30 Waning Gibbous SagittariusSagittarius
Sun Mar 31 Waning Gibbous SagittariusSagittarius Easter Sunday
Mon Apr 1 Waning Gibbous CapricornCapricorn Easter Monday