Why is Easter so late this year?

[Willie353]

Easter usually comes around my daughters birthday which is the fith of april. THis year easter is around the last part of april why do you think it is so late?

[Valerie1979]

easter is based on a christian calendar, not necessarily on a specific date, etc. this is why it varies from end of March to end of April

[cubarican210]

Easter is always 46 or 47 days after Mardi Gras which is the day before Ash Wednesday. 

[southernhorizons]

It has something to do with the cycle of the moon, and the spring equinox. I'm not exactly sure how they figure it.

[trucktina]

This site explains why Easter falls on widely-different days: http://www.theskyscrapers.org/content3954.html

Simply put, "... in some years Easter can occur as early as March 22 or as late as April 25....n 352 A.D. the Council of Nicaea declared that it should always fall on a Sunday. They determined that Easter would fall on the first Sunday after the Full Moon on or next after the vernal equinox (Spring... March 20 or 21). However, if the Full Moon occurs on a Sunday, Easter is celebrated on the following Sunday....This year the vernal equinox was on Tuesday, March 20, at 8:07 pm, EDT. The Full Moon on or after that date occurs on Monday, April 2. Therefore, Easter is celebrated on Sunday, April 8, six days after the Full Moon."

Hope this helps!   

[briannajeanxo]

i was wondering the same thing, but after reading other peoples answers, i now understand.

[sdenimandlace1]

Thank you for the information I had been wondering why it was so late.