Date of Easter Sunday 2046, Easter Date

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:

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	Virgo	21 March 2046 ("officially" set as Spring equinox)
Thu	Mar 22 09:26 (UT/GMT)		FULL MOON	Libra	First Full Moon following 21 March 2046
Fri	Mar 23		Waning Gibbous	Libra
Sat	Mar 24		Waning Gibbous	Scorpio
Sun	Mar 25		Waning Gibbous	Scorpio	Easter Sunday
Mon	Mar 26		Waning Gibbous	Sagittarius	Easter Monday