Leap year starting on Thursday facts for kids
A leap year starting on Thursday is a special kind of year that happens every so often. You might know that a normal year has 365 days, but a leap year has 366 days! That extra day is always February 29th.
When a leap year starts on a Thursday, it means January 1st of that year is a Thursday. This specific combination affects how the rest of the year's calendar falls. These years are important for keeping our calendars in sync with the Earth's orbit around the Sun.
Here are some examples of leap years that started on a Thursday:
| Millennium | Century | Year | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd Millennium: | 18th century: | 1728 | 1756 | 1784 | 1798 | ||||||
| 2nd Millennium: | 19th century: | 1824 | 1852 | 1880 | |||||||
| 2nd Millennium: | 20th century: | 1920 | 1948 | 1976 | |||||||
| 3rd Millennium: | 21st century: | 2004 | 2032 | 2060 | 2088 | ||||||
| 3rd Millennium: | 22nd century: | 2128 | 2156 | 2184 | |||||||
Understanding the Calendar
In a leap year that starts on a Thursday, the calendar has a unique pattern. For example, the ISO year for these years has 53 weeks instead of the usual 52. This means there's an extra week in the year. This extra week shifts the dates of later weeks. For instance, ISO week 10, which usually starts around March 1st, will begin a bit earlier in these special years.
| Common year starting on: | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
| Leap year starting on: | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
