Leap year starting on Friday facts for kids
A leap year is a special year that has an extra day! Most years have 365 days, but a leap year has 366 days. This extra day, February 29th, helps our calendar stay in sync with the Earth's orbit around the Sun. Without leap years, our calendar would slowly drift out of alignment with the seasons. This article talks about leap years that begin on a Friday.
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Years That Start on Friday
Here are some examples of leap years that begin on a Friday. You can see how they are spaced out over time.
| Millennium | Century | Year | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd Millennium: | 18th century: | 1768 | 1796 | ||||||||
| 2nd Millennium: | 19th century: | 1808 | 1836 | 1864 | 1892 | ||||||
| 2nd Millennium: | 20th century: | 1904 | 1932 | 1960 | 1988 | ||||||
| 3rd Millennium: | 21st century: | 2016 | 2044 | 2072 | |||||||
| 3rd Millennium: | 22nd century: | 2112 | 2140 | 2168 | |||||||
Understanding Calendars
Our modern calendar is called the Gregorian calendar. It is the most widely used calendar in the world. It replaced the Julian calendar in many places.
The Gregorian Calendar System
The Gregorian calendar is based on the Earth's orbit around the Sun. It has 365 days, but adds an extra day every four years. This keeps our calendar accurate over long periods.
How Leap Years Work
A year is a leap year if it can be divided by 4. However, there's a special rule for century years. A century year (like 1900 or 2000) is only a leap year if it can be divided by 400. For example, 2000 was a leap year, but 1900 was not.
| Common year starting on: | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
| Leap year starting on: | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
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