Easter Sunday Date Egg 2042

Easter Sunday - Date in Year 2042

Date of Easter Sunday:April 6, 2042
Date of Easter Monday:April 7, 2042
Easter dates for other years:
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How is the date of Easter calculated? - When is Easter 2042?

  • 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 2042 is calculated:
First Sunday - following - First Full Moon - following - 21 March 2042
Date 2042 Lunar Phase Moon Sign Event
Fri Mar 21
17:22
(UT/GMT)
NEW MOON AriesAries 21 March 2042
("officially" set as Spring equinox)
Sat Mar 22 Waxing Crescent AriesAries
Sun Mar 23 Waxing Crescent AriesAries
Mon Mar 24 Waxing Crescent TaurusTaurus
Tue Mar 25 Waxing Crescent TaurusTaurus
Wed Mar 26 Waxing Crescent GeminiGemini
Thu Mar 27 Waxing Crescent GeminiGemini
Fri Mar 28 First Quarter CancerCancer
Sat Mar 29 Waxing Gibbous CancerCancer
Sun Mar 30 Waxing Gibbous LeoLeo
Mon Mar 31 Waxing Gibbous LeoLeo
Tue Apr 1 Waxing Gibbous LeoLeo
Wed Apr 2 Waxing Gibbous VirgoVirgo
Thu Apr 3 Waxing Gibbous VirgoVirgo
Fri Apr 4 Waxing Gibbous LibraLibra
Sat Apr 5
14:15
(UT/GMT)
FULL MOON LibraLibra First Full Moon following 21 March 2042
Sun Apr 6 Waning Gibbous LibraLibra Easter Sunday
Mon Apr 7 Waning Gibbous ScorpioScorpio Easter Monday