Date of Easter Sunday 2079, Easter Date

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:

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	Scorpio	21 March 2079 ("officially" set as Spring equinox)
Wed	Mar 22		Waning Gibbous	Scorpio
Thu	Mar 23		Waning Gibbous	Sagittarius
Fri	Mar 24		Waning Gibbous	Sagittarius
Sat	Mar 25		Last Quarter	Capricorn
Sun	Mar 26		Waning Crescent	Capricorn
Mon	Mar 27		Waning Crescent	Capricorn
Tue	Mar 28		Waning Crescent	Aquarius
Wed	Mar 29		Waning Crescent	Aquarius
Thu	Mar 30		Waning Crescent	Pisces
Fri	Mar 31		Waning Crescent	Pisces
Sat	Apr 1		Waning Crescent	Aries
Sun	Apr 2 01:29 (UT/GMT)		NEW MOON	Aries
Mon	Apr 3		Waxing Crescent	Taurus
Tue	Apr 4		Waxing Crescent	Taurus
Wed	Apr 5		Waxing Crescent	Gemini
Thu	Apr 6		Waxing Crescent	Gemini
Fri	Apr 7		Waxing Crescent	Cancer
Sat	Apr 8		First Quarter	Cancer
Sun	Apr 9		Waxing Gibbous	Cancer
Mon	Apr 10		Waxing Gibbous	Leo
Tue	Apr 11		Waxing Gibbous	Leo
Wed	Apr 12		Waxing Gibbous	Virgo
Thu	Apr 13		Waxing Gibbous	Virgo
Fri	Apr 14		Waxing Gibbous	Libra
Sat	Apr 15		Waxing Gibbous	Libra
Sun	Apr 16 05:02 (UT/GMT)		FULL MOON	Libra	First Full Moon following 21 March 2079
Mon	Apr 17		Waning Gibbous	Scorpio
Tue	Apr 18		Waning Gibbous	Scorpio
Wed	Apr 19		Waning Gibbous	Sagittarius
Thu	Apr 20		Waning Gibbous	Sagittarius
Fri	Apr 21		Waning Gibbous	Sagittarius
Sat	Apr 22		Waning Gibbous	Capricorn
Sun	Apr 23		Waning Gibbous	Capricorn	Easter Sunday
Mon	Apr 24		Last Quarter	Aquarius	Easter Monday