Date of Easter Sunday 2027, Easter Date

Easter Sunday - Date in Year 2027

Date of Easter Sunday:March 28, 2027

Date of Easter Monday:March 29, 2027

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 2027 is calculated:

First Sunday - following - First Full Moon - following - 21 March 2027

Date 2027		Lunar Phase		Moon Sign	Event
Sun	Mar 21		Waxing Gibbous	Virgo	21 March 2027 ("officially" set as Spring equinox)
Mon	Mar 22 10:43 (UT/GMT)		FULL MOON	Libra	First Full Moon following 21 March 2027
Tue	Mar 23		Waning Gibbous	Libra
Wed	Mar 24		Waning Gibbous	Libra
Thu	Mar 25		Waning Gibbous	Scorpio
Fri	Mar 26		Waning Gibbous	Scorpio
Sat	Mar 27		Waning Gibbous	Sagittarius
Sun	Mar 28		Waning Gibbous	Sagittarius	Easter Sunday
Mon	Mar 29		Last Quarter	Capricorn	Easter Monday