2024-02-29 22:19:14
Google is celebrating Leap Day with a doodle today i.e. 29th February. Thursday’s Google Doodle shows a frog, marked with the number 29, jumping from one side of a pond to the other. “Hoe news, it’s Leap Day! Leap Day, February 29, occurs every four years to keep our calendars aligned with the Earth and the Sun… Enjoy this bonus day of February — Happy Leap Day !” Google wrote along with the doodle image on its site.
Along with the doodle, Google shared some interesting facts like its first doodle, first doodle series, a doodle for the celebration of Bastians in 2000. Which opens in ‘Journey of Memories’.
Google had already shared a Leap Day doodle in February 2020. Speaking about the Leap Day illustration, the Google Doodle page said, ‘Today’s Doodle is jumping for joy on Leap Day, February 29, which occurs every four years to align our calendars with the Earth and the Sun. Can be adjusted.
‘We hope you have well – Happy Leap Day!’ Added this.
February 29, a leap day occurring every four years, is celebrated in various solar calendars, including the Gregorian calendar.
Leap days occur in years that are multiples of four. The date — February 29 — occurs in all years that are divisible by 8, such as 2024, 2028 and 2032. Leap days mark the Earth’s journey around the Sun taking longer by about six hours. To resolve this discrepancy, leap days are included in various solar calendars, with the Gregorian calendar being the dominant choice globally.