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The first time that Easter will fall on April 24 in a leap year will be in 4292 which is also the 115th day of the year. The second latest date for Easter, April 24 or day 114, occurred in 2011 . The last time this occurred before was in 1859 and it will not happen again until 2095 —spans of 152 and 84 years.
Easter falls on a different day each year and is coming a little early in 2024. Here's what to know about when Easter is this year, how the date is chosen and why it's celebrated.
The date of Easter in a given year depends only on the epact for the year, its golden number, and its dominical letter, which tells us which days are Sundays. [l] If we go forward 3,230,000 years from a particular year, we find a year at the same point in the 400-year Gregorian cycle and with the same golden number, but with the epact augmented ...
Easter Sunday changes dates year-to-year. This year, Easter is on Sunday, April 9, 2023. How is the Easter date determined? The holiday occurs on the Sunday after the first full moon following the ...
Easter's date changes depending on the year. The holiday is one of several "moveable feasts" in the liturgical year, the History Channel reports. Others include Ash Wednesday and Palm Sunday.
Easter, [nb 1] also called Pascha [nb 2] (Aramaic, Greek, Latin) or Resurrection Sunday, [nb 3] is a Christian festival and cultural holiday commemorating the resurrection of Jesus from the dead, described in the New Testament as having occurred on the third day of his burial following his crucifixion by the Romans at Calvary c. 30 AD.
Easter's date changes depending on the year. The holiday is one of several "moveable feasts" in the liturgical year, the History Channel reports. Others include Ash Wednesday and Palm Sunday.
Table of (Gregorian) dates of Easter 2012–2040 [7] Year Astronomical Easter Gregorian Easter Julian Easter W14-7 2nd April Sunday 15th Sunday 2nd April weekend W15-7 2012 April 8: April 15 April 8: April 15 2013 March 31: May 5 April 7: April 14 2014 April 20 April 6: April 13 2015 April 5: April 12 April 5: April 12 2016 March 27: May 1 ...