Easter Sunday Date Egg 2040

Easter Sunday - Date in Year 2040

Date of Easter Sunday:April 1, 2040
Date of Easter Monday:April 2, 2040
Easter dates for other years:
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How is the date of Easter calculated? - When is Easter 2040?

  • 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 2040 is calculated:
First Sunday - following - First Full Moon - following - 21 March 2040
Date 2040 Lunar Phase Moon Sign Event
Wed Mar 21 Waxing Gibbous CancerCancer 21 March 2040
("officially" set as Spring equinox)
Thu Mar 22 Waxing Gibbous CancerCancer
Fri Mar 23 Waxing Gibbous LeoLeo
Sat Mar 24 Waxing Gibbous LeoLeo
Sun Mar 25 Waxing Gibbous LeoLeo
Mon Mar 26 Waxing Gibbous VirgoVirgo
Tue Mar 27 Waxing Gibbous VirgoVirgo
Wed Mar 28
15:11
(UT/GMT)
FULL MOON LibraLibra First Full Moon following 21 March 2040
Thu Mar 29 Waning Gibbous LibraLibra
Fri Mar 30 Waning Gibbous ScorpioScorpio
Sat Mar 31 Waning Gibbous ScorpioScorpio
Sun Apr 1 Waning Gibbous SagittariusSagittarius Easter Sunday
Mon Apr 2 Waning Gibbous SagittariusSagittarius Easter Monday