Midpoint Of The Year

byericpierre

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8 years ago

Today we have July 2. It is the 183rd day of the year (184th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, which is the calendar used in the Western World for public and Christian holidays.

This day is the midpoint of a common year because there are 182 days before and 182 days after it in common years, and 183 before and 182 after in leap years. The exact time of the middle of the year is at noon.

In countries that use summer time the actual exact time of the midpoint in a common year is at 1:00 p.m for countries in the northern, or 11:00 a.m for countries in the southern hemisphere. In a leap year in those countries, the midpoint occurs at 1:00 a.m. on July 2 for countries in the northern, or 11:00pm on July 1 for countries in the southern hemisphere. This is due to summer time having advanced the time by one hour.

In common years the midpoint day falls on the same day of the week as New Year's Day.

July 2, is slightly more likely to fall on a Monday, Thursday or Saturday. In the last 400 years it fell 58 times on those days, whereas 57 times on a Tuesday or Wednesday, and 56 times on a Friday or Sunday.