Easter Sunday Date Egg 2046

Easter Sunday - Date in Year 2046

Date of Easter Sunday:March 25, 2046
Date of Easter Monday:March 26, 2046
Easter dates for other years:
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How is the date of Easter calculated? - When is Easter 2046?

  • 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 2046 is calculated:
First Sunday - following - First Full Moon - following - 21 March 2046
Date 2046 Lunar Phase Moon Sign Event
Wed Mar 21 Waxing Gibbous VirgoVirgo 21 March 2046
("officially" set as Spring equinox)
Thu Mar 22
09:26
(UT/GMT)
FULL MOON LibraLibra First Full Moon following 21 March 2046
Fri Mar 23 Waning Gibbous LibraLibra
Sat Mar 24 Waning Gibbous ScorpioScorpio
Sun Mar 25 Waning Gibbous ScorpioScorpio Easter Sunday
Mon Mar 26 Waning Gibbous SagittariusSagittarius Easter Monday