Easter Sunday is always on a different date each year, how is it decided what the date will be?
2007-02-04 03:08:07 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Other - Holidays
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2007-02-04 13:27:03 · answer #1 · answered by Charles-CeeJay_UK_ USA/CheekyLad 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Easter is the Sunday following the first Full Moon after the Spring Equinox
2007-02-04 03:13:55 · answer #2 · answered by ginabgood1 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You have already had some correct answers and I have given you another reference below.
One small piece of trivia: this year (2007) Easter falls on April 8, which is the exact "average" date, halfway between the earliest and latest it can possibly fall. Next year it will fall on the earliest possible date (for the time being), March 23, and in 2011 it will fall on the second latest date possible, April 24.
2007-02-04 11:04:29 · answer #3 · answered by Caslon 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Easter weekend is the first weekend after the first full moon after the spring equinox, as this varies every year so does Easter (as does Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday).
2007-02-04 03:19:41 · answer #4 · answered by suzi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is the first Sunday after Good Friday
2007-02-04 03:11:44 · answer #5 · answered by havanadig 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
By the Vernal Equinox
2007-02-04 03:22:15 · answer #6 · answered by katnap20 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The date is determined by a combination of the moon and the Judaic calendar.
Here's a full explanation: http://ancienthistory.about.com/cs/godsreligion/a/aa040200.htm
2007-02-04 03:16:29 · answer #7 · answered by brandy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it isn' planned it's just that what ever day it is e.g Saturday then it wil be the day after but if it is on a Monday then it will be on the Sunday before
2007-02-05 04:52:20 · answer #8 · answered by x x Sxc gyal x x 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Something about being after the first full moon after the spring equinox.......or somthin like that.
2007-02-04 03:13:14 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
on how many eggs are sold ????????.
2007-02-04 03:17:52 · answer #10 · answered by NIGEL R 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋