The Date of Easter
The usual statement, that Easter Day is the first Sunday after the full moon that occurs next after the vernal equinox, is not a precise statement of the actual ecclesiastical rules. The full moon involved is not the astronomical Full Moon but an ecclesiastical moon (determined from tables) that keeps, more or less, in step with the astronomical Moon.
The ecclesiastical rules are:
- Easter falls on the first Sunday following the first ecclesiastical full moon that occurs on or after the day of the vernal equinox;
- this particular ecclesiastical full moon is the 14th day of a tabular lunation (new moon); and
- the vernal equinox is fixed as March 21.resulting in that Easter
can never occur before March 22 or later than April 25.
( Further Information )
|
Year |
Advent Sunday |
Sunday before Lent |
Ash Wednesday |
Easter |
Pentecost |
Trinity Sunday |
|
B |
27 November 2011 |
19 February 2012 |
22 February 2012 |
8 April 2012 |
27 May 2012 |
3 June 2012 |
|
C |
2 December 2012 |
10 February 2013 |
13 February 2013 |
31 March 2013 |
19 May 2013 |
26 May 2013 |
|
A |
1 December 2013 |
2 March 2014 |
5 March 2014 |
20 April 2014 |
8 June 2014 |
15 June 2014 |
|
B |
30 November 2014 |
15 February 2015 |
18 February 2015 |
5 April 2015 |
24 May 2015 |
31 May 2015 |
|
C |
29 November 2015 |
7 February 2016 |
10 February 2016 |
27 March 2016 |
15 May 2016 |
22 May 2016 |
|
A |
27 November 2016 |
26 February 2017 |
1 March 2017 |
16 April 2017 |
4 June 2017 |
11 June 2017 |
|
B |
3 December 2017 |
11 February 2018 |
14 February 2018 |
1 April 2018 |
20 May 2018 |
27 May 2018 |
|
C |
2 December 2018 |
3 March 2019 |
6 March 2019 |
21 April 2019 |
9 June 2019 |
16 June 2019 |
|
A |
1 December 2019 |
23 February 2020 |
26 February 2020 |
12 April 2020 |
31 May 2020 |
7 June 2020 |
|
B |
29 November 2020 |
14 February 2021 |
17 February 2021 |
4 April 2021 |
23 May 2021 |
30 May 2021 |
|
C |
28 November 2021 |
27 February 2022 |
2 March 2022 |
17 April 2022 |
5 June 2022 |
12 June 2022 |
|
A |
27 November 2022 |
19 February 2023 |
22 February 2023 |
9 April 2023 |
28 May 2023 |
4 June 2023 |
|
B |
3 December 2023 |
11 February 2024 |
14 February 2024 |
31 March 2024 |
19 May 2024 |
26 May 2024 |
|
C |
1 December 2024 |
2 March 2025 |
5 March 2025 |
20 April 2025 |
8 June 2025 |
15 June 2025 |