Leap Year

Leap Year Leap Year : 2012 is a Leap Year Leap Year 2008-2032 Year February 29 – day of the week 2008 Friday 2012 Wednesday 2016 Monday 2020 Saturday 2024 Thursday 2028 Tuesday 2032 Sunday A leap year consists of 366 days, as opposed to a common year, which... More

Leap Year Leap Year : 2012 is a Leap Year Leap Year 2008-2032 Year February 29 – day of the week 2008 Friday 2012 Wednesday 2016 Monday 2020 Saturday 2024 Thursday 2028 Tuesday 2032 Sunday A leap year consists of 366 days, as opposed to a common year, which has 365 days. During Leap Years, we add a Leap Day, an extra – or intercalary – day on February 29. Nearly every 4 years is a Leap Year in our modern Gregorian Calendar. Why do we need Leap Years? Leap Years are needed to keep our calendar in alignment with the Earth s revolutions around the sun. It takes the Earth approximately 365. 242199 days – or 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes, and 46 seconds (a tropical year) – to circle once around the Sun. However, the Gregorian calendar has only 365 days in a year, so if we didn t add a day on February 29 nearly every 4 years, we would lose almost six hours off our calendar every year. After only 100 years, our calendar would be off by approximately 24 days! Which Year is a Leap Years? Less