Lent, Easter & Advent from 2024 To 2040

Year	Ash Wednesday (First Day of Lent) *	Easter Sunday	Ascension (Thursday)	Pentecost (Whit Sunday)	First Sunday of Advent
2024	14 February 2024	31 March 2024	09 May 2024	19 May 2024	01 December 2024
2025	05 March 2025	20 April 2025	29 May 2025	08 June 2025	30 November 2025
2026	18 February 2026	05 April 2026	14 May 2026	24 May 2026	29 November 2026
2027	10 February 2027	28 March 2027	06 May 2027	16 May 2027	28 November 2027
2028	01 March 2028	16 April 2028	25 May 2028	04 June 2028	03 December 2028
2029	14 February 2029	01 April 2029	10 May 2029	20 May 2029	02 December 2029
2030	06 March 2030	21 April 2030	30 May 2030	09 June 2030	01 December 2030
2031	26 February 2031	13 April 2031	22 May 2031	01 June 2031	30 November 2031
2032	11 February 2032	28 March 2032	06 May 2032	16 May 2032	28 November 2032
2033	02 March 2033	17 April 2033	26 May 2033	05 June 2033	27 November 2033
2034	22 February 2034	09 April 2034	18 May 2034	28 May 2034	03 December 2034
2035	07 February 2035	25 March 2035	03 May 2035	13 May 2035	02 December 2035
2036	27 February 2036	13 April 2036	22 May 2036	01 June 2036	30 November 2036
2037	18 February 2037	05 April 2037	14 May 2037	24 May 2037	29 November 2037
2038	10 March 2038	25 April 2038	03 June 2038	13 June 2038	28 November 2038
2039	23 February 2039	10 April 2039	19 May 2039	29 May 2039	27 November 2039
2040	15 February 2040	01 April 2040	10 May 2040	20 May 2040	02 December 2040

* Ash Wednesday is always preceded by Shrove Tuesday (Pancake Day). The last day of Lent each year is always the Saturday before Easter Sunday.

Sources as of April 10th 2024
https://www.churchofengland.org/sites/default/files/2019-01/pages-from-times_seasons_sc.pdf
https://www.churchofengland.org/prayer-and-worship/worship-texts-and-resources/common-worship/churchs-year/lectionary

Why is Easter always on a different date each year?

That's a very good question!

The position of Easter in the year is not like Christmas Day or Epiphany, which happen on the same dates each year (25th December and 6th January). I'm sure many people would find forward planning a lot easier if Easter happened at the same time year after year. But it doesn't, for good reasons.

If you read the Easter story carefully, you'll notice that all the events for what we call Easter were centred on a national Jewish religious holiday, the feast of Passover. The position of Passover in the year was based on a lunar calendar. The movement of the moon around the Earth and the Earth around the sun are not neat and tidy and don't conform to a 365-day year. Indeed, they don't even rotate around each other in perfect circles, but ellipses!

The official definition of the position of Easter Sunday is thus: