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Easter date calculator
Compare Western Gregorian Easter with Orthodox Easter for any year from 1900 to 2100. The history table highlights the gap and the rare years when both traditions celebrate on the same Sunday.
Easter dates history
Page 6 of 9, covering 2025-2049
| Year | Western | Orthodox | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Apr 20, 2025 | Apr 20, 2025 | Same date |
| 2026 | Apr 5, 2026 | Apr 12, 2026 | 7 days |
| 2027 | Mar 28, 2027 | May 2, 2027 | 35 days |
| 2028 | Apr 16, 2028 | Apr 16, 2028 | Same date |
| 2029 | Apr 1, 2029 | Apr 8, 2029 | 7 days |
| 2030 | Apr 21, 2030 | Apr 28, 2030 | 7 days |
| 2031 | Apr 13, 2031 | Apr 13, 2031 | Same date |
| 2032 | Mar 28, 2032 | May 2, 2032 | 35 days |
| 2033 | Apr 17, 2033 | Apr 24, 2033 | 7 days |
| 2034 | Apr 9, 2034 | Apr 9, 2034 | Same date |
| 2035 | Mar 25, 2035 | Apr 29, 2035 | 35 days |
| 2036 | Apr 13, 2036 | Apr 20, 2036 | 7 days |
| 2037 | Apr 5, 2037 | Apr 5, 2037 | Same date |
| 2038 | Apr 25, 2038 | Apr 25, 2038 | Same date |
| 2039 | Apr 10, 2039 | Apr 17, 2039 | 7 days |
| 2040 | Apr 1, 2040 | May 6, 2040 | 35 days |
| 2041 | Apr 21, 2041 | Apr 21, 2041 | Same date |
| 2042 | Apr 6, 2042 | Apr 13, 2042 | 7 days |
| 2043 | Mar 29, 2043 | May 3, 2043 | 35 days |
| 2044 | Apr 17, 2044 | Apr 24, 2044 | 7 days |
| 2045 | Apr 9, 2045 | Apr 9, 2045 | Same date |
| 2046 | Mar 25, 2046 | Apr 29, 2046 | 35 days |
| 2047 | Apr 14, 2047 | Apr 21, 2047 | 7 days |
| 2048 | Apr 5, 2048 | Apr 5, 2048 | Same date |
| 2049 | Apr 18, 2049 | Apr 25, 2049 | 7 days |
Why Easter dates differ
Easter is not fixed to a civil date. The Council of Nicaea in 325 tied it to the first Sunday after the paschal full moon, the ecclesiastical full moon used after the northern spring equinox. Western churches now compute that rule on the Gregorian calendar, so the equinox is fixed to March 21 in the modern civil calendar. Most Orthodox churches still use the Julian calendar for the paschal calculation, then publish the result as a Gregorian date. The Julian calendar is currently 13 days behind the Gregorian calendar for March and April dates in 1900-2099, and that offset becomes 14 days in 2100.
The two systems also use different lunar tables, so the paschal full moon can land in different weeks. When the computed full moon and Sunday line up, both churches share Easter; this happens 57 times between 1900 and 2100. In many other years Orthodox Easter is one, four, or five weeks after Western Easter, and the largest deviations come from the Julian equinox and the rule that Orthodox Easter must follow the Julian paschal full moon. This calculator uses the standard Gauss/Meeus computus formulas rather than astronomical moon observations, matching the ecclesiastical calendars.