When is Easter this year?

I want to send an Easter card to my friend in the US. So when should I send it? I looked on the internet, and it gives me more than one date!

When is Easter this year?
You missed it...Easter was on the 23rd this year...it will not be this early again in any living persons lifetime. Easter always falls on the first Sunday following the first full moon after the vernal equinox.
Reply:Last Sunday.


You missed it.
Reply:omg you missed it


and how can you not know when easter is?
Reply:March 23rd
Reply:it was the last sunday!!! sory!!





but you can send it.... hoping your friend had a cool easter!!!!
Reply:Easter was last Sunday, March 23.


The Celebration of Easter was much earlier this year. Both Canada and the USA celebrate Easter at the same time.
Reply:Last Sunday March 23, 2008. You missed it.
Reply:Yep you missed it and here is a little explanation of determining the dates for Easter. Send a Belated Easter Greeting maybe?


The full moon this month is on April 18th. But it is not just any old full moon, this one is special. April's full moon is the first full moon after the vernal (spring) equinox and it determines the date of a very widely celebrated holiday: Easter.





Easter is celebrated by Christians all over the world. The holy day remembers Christ's death on the cross and rejoices for the Resurrection. It expresses the essential message of Christianity: redemption of the soul.








Easter occurs in spring, close to the vernal equinox. Specifically Easter falls on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the spring equinox unless the full moon is on the equinox in which case it is after the following full moon. In fact, there was a full moon within hours of the spring equinox this year, and so we use this full moon on April 18th to date Easter by.





So now you know how the date of Easter is determined. But why is it that Easter has no definite date such as Christmas. Why does it move around, sometimes early in the spring, sometimes later? And what is the connection with the moon?








Easter was always a very special holy day, far more than even Christmas a few thousand years ago. During this time, the true believers used to make a pilgrimage to the holy lands. Of course, in this day there were no trains, planes and automobiles, there was foot, camel and horse. Most traveled by foot. This presented a new problem because they needed to be able to travel after dark, and therefore needed some kind of light. What better light to have than the light of the moon?