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In several cases, Easter falls onto the latest possible, 17th Sunday of the year. 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.
Table of (Gregorian) dates of Easter 2015–2030 [1] Year Full Moon Jewish Passover [note 1] Astronomical Easter [note 2] Gregorian Easter Julian Easter 2015 April 4 April 5: April 12 2016 March 23: April 23 March 27: May 1 2017 April 11 April 16 2018 March 31 April 1: April 8 2019 March 20: April 20 March 24: April 21: April 28 2020 April 8 ...
So years with an epact of "xxiv", if the lunar month beginning on 7 March had 30 days, would have their paschal new moon on 6 April, which is too late: The full moon would fall on 19 April, and Easter could be as late as 26 April. In the Julian calendar the latest date of Easter was 25 April, and the Gregorian reform maintained that limit.
It's not always easy to keep track of the Easter date. After all, unlike Christmas, the date changes every year. It can be as early as March 22 or as late as April 25.
With so many constants -- 7 days a week, 52 weeks a year and almost most always 365 days -- it seems surprising that we need to buy a new calendar every year. Even though you can't reuse your 2008 ...
A reform of the date of Easter has been proposed several times [1] because the current system for determining the date of Easter is seen as presenting two significant problems: Its date varies from year to year. It can fall on up to 35 days in March and April of the respective calendar.
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.
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