2007-03-16 20:44:04 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
the months go by the cycles of the moon and it takes the month for the moon to revolve around the earth. on that particular month and any month that involves 30 days instead of 31, it has been precalculated that the moon on those months will take that long to revolve around the earth.
they add the 29th day every four yrs as a catch up day for the seconds and minutes of time that the calendar is off throughout those 4 yrs..since that time is eual to one day.
2007-03-16 20:53:31 · answer #1 · answered by AveGirl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is believed that February initially had 30 days, but when the month of August was created to honour Augustus Caesar, a day was borrowed from February in order to have 31 days for August. This was done in order to make Augustus no lesser than his uncle Julius Caesar (after whom July, with 31 days, is named.) This reduced February's share to 29 days in a leap year and 28 in a non-leap year.
2007-03-17 04:00:35 · answer #2 · answered by Mr. Malaprop 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is a great question! I have always wondered why we didn't just add a day to March or some other month.....
2007-03-17 03:51:34 · answer #3 · answered by K H 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I found this website which you can check out.
Hope this helps you.
2007-03-17 22:17:37 · answer #4 · answered by timeworld 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
leap year
2007-03-17 08:22:15 · answer #5 · answered by cmhurley64 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_calendar#Month_lengths
2007-03-17 04:02:46 · answer #6 · answered by wendy t 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋