Easter Sunday Date Egg 2079

Easter Sunday - Date in Year 2079

Date of Easter Sunday:April 23, 2079
Date of Easter Monday:April 24, 2079
Easter dates for other years:
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How is the date of Easter calculated? - When is Easter 2079?

  • 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 2079 is calculated:
First Sunday - following - First Full Moon - following - 21 March 2079
Date 2079 Lunar Phase Moon Sign Event
Tue Mar 21 Waning Gibbous ScorpioScorpio 21 March 2079
("officially" set as Spring equinox)
Wed Mar 22 Waning Gibbous ScorpioScorpio
Thu Mar 23 Waning Gibbous SagittariusSagittarius
Fri Mar 24 Waning Gibbous SagittariusSagittarius
Sat Mar 25 Last Quarter
CapricornCapricorn
Sun Mar 26 Waning Crescent CapricornCapricorn
Mon Mar 27 Waning Crescent CapricornCapricorn
Tue Mar 28 Waning Crescent AquariusAquarius
Wed Mar 29 Waning Crescent AquariusAquarius
Thu Mar 30 Waning Crescent PiscesPisces
Fri Mar 31 Waning Crescent PiscesPisces
Sat Apr 1 Waning Crescent AriesAries
Sun Apr 2
01:29
(UT/GMT)
NEW MOON AriesAries
Mon Apr 3 Waxing Crescent TaurusTaurus
Tue Apr 4 Waxing Crescent TaurusTaurus
Wed Apr 5 Waxing Crescent GeminiGemini
Thu Apr 6 Waxing Crescent GeminiGemini
Fri Apr 7 Waxing Crescent CancerCancer
Sat Apr 8 First Quarter CancerCancer
Sun Apr 9 Waxing Gibbous CancerCancer
Mon Apr 10 Waxing Gibbous LeoLeo
Tue Apr 11 Waxing Gibbous LeoLeo
Wed Apr 12 Waxing Gibbous VirgoVirgo
Thu Apr 13 Waxing Gibbous VirgoVirgo
Fri Apr 14 Waxing Gibbous LibraLibra
Sat Apr 15 Waxing Gibbous LibraLibra
Sun Apr 16
05:02
(UT/GMT)
FULL MOON LibraLibra First Full Moon following 21 March 2079
Mon Apr 17 Waning Gibbous ScorpioScorpio
Tue Apr 18 Waning Gibbous ScorpioScorpio
Wed Apr 19 Waning Gibbous SagittariusSagittarius
Thu Apr 20 Waning Gibbous SagittariusSagittarius
Fri Apr 21 Waning Gibbous SagittariusSagittarius
Sat Apr 22 Waning Gibbous CapricornCapricorn
Sun Apr 23 Waning Gibbous CapricornCapricorn Easter Sunday
Mon Apr 24 Last Quarter
AquariusAquarius Easter Monday