The date of Easter Sunday is decided by the phases of the moon.
WASHINGTON — As spring arrives and flowers bloom, which means it is nearly time for Easter.
Easter all the time falls on a Sunday — therefore the title Easter Sunday — however the date is not all the time the similar. This year, Easter falls on April 5.
In 2027, Easter Sunday can be even earlier, on March 28, then will fall again to April 16 in 2028.
Why does the date of Easter change?
It all has to do with the moon.
Easter falls on the first Sunday after the full moon on or after March 21, which is when the Christian church marks the spring equinox. If the full moon is on a Sunday, then Easter is the following Sunday.
The full moon this year falls on Wednesday, April 1, and Easter is the following Sunday.
The earliest date Easter can fall on is March 22. The last time that Easter fell on March 22 was 208 years in the past, in 1818. The subsequent time can be in the year 2285.
The newest date that Easter may be celebrated is April 25. That final occurred in 1943 and will occur once more in 2038.
The most frequent dates for Easter over 500 years — between 1600 and 2099 — are March 31 and April 16, with 22 occasions every, in accordance to Statista, utilizing knowledge from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Here are the dates when Easter can be celebrated for the subsequent 10 years:
- 2026: April 5
- 2027: March 28
- 2028: April 16
- 2029: April 1
- 2030: April 21
- 2031: April 13
- 2032: March 28
- 2033: April 17
- 2034: April 9
- 2035: March 25
