29th of February
Calendar's rare extra
The 29th of February is the leap day that occurs only in leap years, appearing once every four years to keep the calendar aligned with Earth's orbit.
Someone born on this date—a leap year baby or leapling—has an official birthday that exists only intermittently.
The date carries associations with rarity and the unusual: proposals by women, special celebrations, or events that happen once in a blue moon.
- leap yearCalendar with added day
- leap dayFebruary's occasional extra
- leapSudden springing movement
- rareSeldom found or seen
- born onDelivered into life on
calendar · quadrennial · extra · day · four · years · unlucky · special · anomaly · tradition · frog · proposal · temporal · correction · Julian · Gregorian · uncommon · celebration
temporal frequency
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