When is Ascension Day 2026?
Thursday,
May 14
132 days ago.
- Day of week
- Thursday
- Against 2025
- 15 days earlier
- Orthodox Easter
- 7 days later
- Days ago
- 132
Why Ascension Day falls when it does in 2026
Ascension Day is fixed relative to Easter, which is the first Sunday after the first ecclesiastical full moon on or after 21 March. In 2026 Western Easter is Sunday, April 5, 2026 and Orthodox Easter is Sunday, April 12, 2026, 7 days later, because the Orthodox churches compute it on the Julian calendar.
Ascension Day 2026 on the calendar
| ISO week | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | |||||||
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| 20 | Ascension Day | ||||||
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| 23 |
Within a week of Ascension Day in 2026
Which dates fall near Ascension Day changes every year, because the calendars move against each other.
- Mother's DaySunday, Sun, May 10