When Is Easter 2027?
Easter 2027 is on Sunday, March 28, 2027.
Next: Easter 2028 is on Sunday, April 16, 2028.
The rule: The first Sunday after the ecclesiastical (paschal) full moon that falls on or after March 21.
How the date of Easter is set
Western churches set Easter by the Gregorian computus (1582): a fixed table of "ecclesiastical" full moons and an equinox fixed at March 21. No US law sets it.
Working for 2027: 2027 has golden number 14 and epact 22, which puts the ecclesiastical full moon on March 22 (a Monday). The next Sunday is March 28, so Easter is Sunday, March 28, 2027.
The ecclesiastical full moon comes from a fixed table, not from astronomy, so it can differ by a day or two from the real full moon. The golden number is the year’s place in the 19-year lunar cycle and the epact is the moon’s age on January 1. Orthodox churches use the older Julian calendar computus, so Orthodox Easter 2027 is Sunday, May 2, 2027.
Under this rule Easter can fall as early as March 22 and as late as April 25.
Easter dates, 2026 to 2035
| Year | Date | Day of the week | Orthodox Easter | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | April 5 | Sunday | April 12 | Days until |
| 2027 | March 28 | Sunday | May 2 | Days until |
| 2028 | April 16 | Sunday | April 16 | Days until |
| 2029 | April 1 | Sunday | April 8 | — |
| 2030 | April 21 | Sunday | April 28 | — |
| 2031 | April 13 | Sunday | April 13 | — |
| 2032 | March 28 | Sunday | May 2 | — |
| 2033 | April 17 | Sunday | April 24 | — |
| 2034 | April 9 | Sunday | April 9 | — |
| 2035 | March 25 | Sunday | April 29 | — |
Is Easter a federal holiday?
No. Easter is not one of the 11 legal public holidays in 5 U.S.C. 6103(a), so federal offices follow their normal schedule (it always falls on a Sunday).
State and local governments, schools and employers decide for themselves whether to close.
Federal status from the OPM federal holidays list, checked November 6, 2026.
Related dates
- When is Good Friday? Friday, March 26, 2027
- When is Ash Wednesday? Wednesday, February 10, 2027
- When is Mardi Gras? Tuesday, February 9, 2027
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