Easter, Sunday after full moon after spring equinox (Apr 11, 2004).
Dates of Easter
2003
April 20
2004
April 11
2005
March 27
If the full moon is on a Sunday, Easter is the Sunday after.
This is because it would otherwise coincide with the Jewish Passover.
Celebrates Christ's resurrection.
According to Bede (d.735), the name is derived from Eostre, the old Teutonic
goddess of the spring.
Also is an adaptation of Passover.
See also
Christianity.
When is Easter?
Epact
Dominical Letter
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
0
Apr 16
Apr 17
Apr 18
Apr 19
Apr 20
Apr 14
Apr 15
1
Apr 16
Apr 17
Apr 18
Apr 19
Apr 13
Apr 14
Apr 15
2
Apr 16
Apr 17
Apr 18
Apr 12
Apr 13
Apr 14
Apr 15
3
Apr 16
Apr 17
Apr 11
Apr 12
Apr 13
Apr 14
Apr 15
4
Apr 16
Apr 10
Apr 11
Apr 12
Apr 13
Apr 14
Apr 15
5
Apr 9
Apr 10
Apr 11
Apr 12
Apr 13
Apr 14
Apr 15
6
Apr 9
Apr 10
Apr 11
Apr 12
Apr 13
Apr 14
Apr 8
7
Apr 9
Apr 10
Apr 11
Apr 12
Apr 13
Apr 7
Apr 8
8
Apr 9
Apr 10
Apr 11
Apr 12
Apr 6
Apr 7
Apr 8
9
Apr 9
Apr 10
Apr 11
Apr 5
Apr 6
Apr 7
Apr 8
10
Apr 9
Apr 10
Apr 4
Apr 5
Apr 6
Apr 7
Apr 8
11
Apr 9
Apr 3
Apr 4
Apr 5
Apr 6
Apr 7
Apr 8
12
Apr 2
Apr 3
Apr 4
Apr 5
Apr 6
Apr 7
Apr 8
13
Apr 2
Apr 3
Apr 4
Apr 5
Apr 6
Apr 7
Apr 1
14
Apr 2
Apr 3
Apr 4
Apr 5
Apr 6
Mar 31
Apr 1
15
Apr 2
Apr 3
Apr 4
Apr 5
Mar 30
Mar 31
Apr 1
16
Apr 2
Apr 3
Apr 4
Mar 29
Mar 30
Mar 31
Apr 1
17
Apr 2
Apr 3
Mar 28
Mar 29
Mar 30
Mar 31
Apr 1
18
Apr 2
Mar 27
Mar 28
Mar 29
Mar 30
Mar 31
Apr 1
19
Mar 26
Mar 27
Mar 28
Mar 29
Mar 30
Mar 31
Apr 1
20
Mar 26
Mar 27
Mar 28
Mar 29
Mar 30
Mar 31
Apr 1
21
Mar 26
Mar 27
Mar 28
Mar 29
Mar 30
Mar 31
Apr 1
22
Mar 26
Mar 27
Mar 28
Mar 29
Mar 30
Mar 31
Apr 1
23
Mar 26
Mar 27
Mar 28
Mar 29
Mar 30
Mar 31
Apr 1
24
Apr 23
Apr 24
Apr 25
Apr 19
Apr 20
Apr 21
Apr 22
25
Apr 23
Apr 24
Apr 25
Apr 19
Apr 20
Apr 21
Apr 22
26
Apr 23
Apr 24
Apr 25
Apr 19
Apr 20
Apr 21
Apr 22
27
Apr 23
Apr 17
Apr 25
Apr 19
Apr 20
Apr 21
Apr 22
28
Apr 16
Apr 17
Apr 25
Apr 19
Apr 20
Apr 21
Apr 22
29
Apr 16
Apr 17
Apr 25
Apr 19
Apr 20
Apr 21
Apr 15
Easter may occur on any Sunday between March 22 and April 25, inclusive.
We say that it is on the first Sunday after the first full moon following the spring equinox,
but calculating the moon phases and equinox can be difficult, especially for Medeival priests.
Therefore, for purposes of calculating Easter, the spring equinox is always considered
to be on March 21, and the epact is used for determining the moon phases.
Because Easter is always on a Sunday, the dominical letter is also part of the equation.
For leap years use the second letter.
Use the epact and dominical letter for any year to look up the date of Easter in the table.
To determine the date of Orthodox Easter, use this trick: reset epact to (epact+9)%30,
and use the next dominical letter (so that A becomes B, and G becomes A).
This will get the date on the Julian calendar.
For the corresponding date on the Gregorian calendar, add 13 days.
Easter to Ethiopia
Easter, Sunday after full moon after spring equinox (Apr 11, 2004).
