Easter 2027 – Easter dates through the years (1950–2050)

Easter Sunday 2027 is on Sunday 28 March. Good Friday is Friday 26 March and Easter Monday Monday 29 March. That is 163 days to Good Friday. See Easter 2027 in the calendar.

Mothering Sunday 2027 is three weeks before Easter, on Sunday 7 March, and Shrove Tuesday (Pancake Day) is Tuesday 9 February. The next bank holidays in each nation are on their own page.

How is the date of Easter worked out?

Easter Sunday is the first Sunday after the first full moon on or after the spring equinox. The church fixes the equinox on 21 March and uses a calculated full moon, not the astronomical one. So Easter Sunday always falls between 22 March and 25 April, and moves between March and April from year to year.

Between 1950 and 2050, the earliest Easter Sunday is 23 March (2008) and the latest is 25 April (2038). Easter Sunday is in March in 22 of the 101 years.

Many days move with Easter: Shrove Tuesday is 47 days before Easter Sunday, Mothering Sunday 21 days before, Ascension Day 39 days after and Whit Sunday 49 days after. Up to 1964 Whit Monday was a bank holiday in England, Wales and Northern Ireland; the spring bank holiday at the end of May took its place. School Easter holidays are set by each council or school, so they don't always include Easter weekend.

Easter dates through the years, 1950–2050