Easter Sunday Date Egg 2078

Easter Sunday - Date in Year 2078

Date of Easter Sunday:April 3, 2078
Date of Easter Monday:April 4, 2078
Easter dates for other years:
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How is the date of Easter calculated? - When is Easter 2078?

  • 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 2078 is calculated:
First Sunday - following - First Full Moon - following - 21 March 2078
Date 2078 Lunar Phase Moon Sign Event
Mon Mar 21 Waxing Gibbous CancerCancer 21 March 2078
("officially" set as Spring equinox)
Tue Mar 22 Waxing Gibbous CancerCancer
Wed Mar 23 Waxing Gibbous LeoLeo
Thu Mar 24 Waxing Gibbous LeoLeo
Fri Mar 25 Waxing Gibbous VirgoVirgo
Sat Mar 26 Waxing Gibbous VirgoVirgo
Sun Mar 27 Waxing Gibbous VirgoVirgo
Mon Mar 28
11:03
(UT/GMT)
FULL MOON LibraLibra First Full Moon following 21 March 2078
Tue Mar 29 Waning Gibbous LibraLibra
Wed Mar 30 Waning Gibbous ScorpioScorpio
Thu Mar 31 Waning Gibbous ScorpioScorpio
Fri Apr 1 Waning Gibbous ScorpioScorpio
Sat Apr 2 Waning Gibbous SagittariusSagittarius
Sun Apr 3 Waning Gibbous SagittariusSagittarius Easter Sunday
Mon Apr 4 Waning Gibbous CapricornCapricorn Easter Monday