Date of Easter Sunday 2024, Easter Date

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:

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	Leo	21 March 2024 ("officially" set as Spring equinox)
Fri	Mar 22		Waxing Gibbous	Virgo
Sat	Mar 23		Waxing Gibbous	Virgo
Sun	Mar 24		Waxing Gibbous	Virgo
Mon	Mar 25 07:00 (UT/GMT)		FULL MOON	Libra	First Full Moon following 21 March 2024
Tue	Mar 26		Waning Gibbous	Libra
Wed	Mar 27		Waning Gibbous	Scorpio
Thu	Mar 28		Waning Gibbous	Scorpio
Fri	Mar 29		Waning Gibbous	Scorpio
Sat	Mar 30		Waning Gibbous	Sagittarius
Sun	Mar 31		Waning Gibbous	Sagittarius	Easter Sunday
Mon	Apr 1		Waning Gibbous	Capricorn	Easter Monday