Explanation

Explanation

Days and nights are always of nearly equal length at the Equator,

The imaginary line circling the Earth at 0° latitude

This event is known as the equinox.

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Explanation

February has 28 days in a common year and 29 days in a leap year.

All other months have 30 or 31 days.

Explanation

World Tribal Day is observed every year on August 9 to protect the rights of indigenous people worldwide.

It is also called World Indigenous Day or International Day of the World's Indigenous People.

Theme 2025: Indigenous Peoples and Artificial Intelligence – Defending Rights, Shaping the Future.

The United Nations General Assembly declared this observance in December 1994.

The date marks the first meeting of the UN Working Group on Indigenous Populations in Geneva in 1982.

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Explanation

A year may be a leap year if it is evenly divisible by 4.

The Solar year is 365.2422 days long, a length which no calendar year can accommodate.

Generally, a leap year happens every four years

The next leap day will be on Thursday, February 29, 2024.

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Explanation

Explanation

A solar year is approximately 365.25 days, which accounts for Earth's full orbit around the sun.

The extra ¼ day each year is why we have a leap year every 4 years.

The solar year 365 days 5 hours 48 minutes 46 seconds, also called tropical year, or year of the seasons.

Explanation

A lunar year (based on 12 lunar months) is approximately 354 days, while a solar year is about 365 days.

Therefore, the lunar year is shorter by about 11 days than the solar year.

Explanation

A leap year occurs every 4 years if the year is divisible by 4.

However, years divisible by 100 are not leap years unless they are also divisible by 400.

• 1896: Divisible by 4 → Leap year
• 1902: Not divisible by 4 → Not a leap year
• 1904: Divisible by 4 → Leap year
• 1908: Divisible by 4 → Leap year

Explanation

The year 2024 is a 'leap year'.

Its meaning the month of February will have 29 days instead of 28.

Total number of days will be 366 instead of 365.

This was also the case in 2024, and 2028 will again be a leap year.