Date of Easter Sunday 2076, Easter Date

Easter Sunday - Date in Year 2076

Date of Easter Sunday:April 26, 2076

Date of Easter Monday:April 27, 2076

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 2076 is calculated:

First Sunday - following - First Full Moon - following - 21 March 2076

Date 2076		Lunar Phase		Moon Sign	Event
Sat	Mar 21		Waning Gibbous	Libra	21 March 2076 ("officially" set as Spring equinox)
Sun	Mar 22		Waning Gibbous	Libra
Mon	Mar 23		Waning Gibbous	Scorpio
Tue	Mar 24		Waning Gibbous	Scorpio
Wed	Mar 25		Waning Gibbous	Sagittarius
Thu	Mar 26		Waning Gibbous	Sagittarius
Fri	Mar 27		Last Quarter	Capricorn
Sat	Mar 28		Last Quarter	Capricorn
Sun	Mar 29		Waning Crescent	Capricorn
Mon	Mar 30		Waning Crescent	Aquarius
Tue	Mar 31		Waning Crescent	Aquarius
Wed	Apr 1		Waning Crescent	Pisces
Thu	Apr 2		Waning Crescent	Pisces
Fri	Apr 3 17:46 (UT/GMT)		NEW MOON	Aries
Sat	Apr 4		Waxing Crescent	Aries
Sun	Apr 5		Waxing Crescent	Taurus
Mon	Apr 6		Waxing Crescent	Taurus
Tue	Apr 7		Waxing Crescent	Gemini
Wed	Apr 8		Waxing Crescent	Gemini
Thu	Apr 9		Waxing Crescent	Cancer
Fri	Apr 10		Waxing Crescent	Cancer
Sat	Apr 11		First Quarter	Cancer
Sun	Apr 12		Waxing Gibbous	Leo
Mon	Apr 13		Waxing Gibbous	Leo
Tue	Apr 14		Waxing Gibbous	Leo
Wed	Apr 15		Waxing Gibbous	Virgo
Thu	Apr 16		Waxing Gibbous	Virgo
Fri	Apr 17		Waxing Gibbous	Libra
Sat	Apr 18		Waxing Gibbous	Libra
Sun	Apr 19 06:28 (UT/GMT)		FULL MOON	Scorpio	First Full Moon following 21 March 2076
Mon	Apr 20		Waning Gibbous	Scorpio
Tue	Apr 21		Waning Gibbous	Sagittarius
Wed	Apr 22		Waning Gibbous	Sagittarius
Thu	Apr 23		Waning Gibbous	Sagittarius
Fri	Apr 24		Waning Gibbous	Capricorn
Sat	Apr 25		Waning Gibbous	Capricorn
Sun	Apr 26		Last Quarter	Aquarius	Easter Sunday
Mon	Apr 27		Waning Crescent	Aquarius	Easter Monday