Months Song | 12 Months of the Year | Songs For Beginners

Learn Name Of 12 Months A year is divided into 12 months in the modern-day Gregorian calendar. The months are either 28, 29, 30, or 31 days long. Each month has either 28, 30, or 31 days during a common year, which has 365 days. During leap years, which occur nearly every 4 years, we add an extra (intercalary) day, Leap Day, on 29 February, making leap years 366 days long. The months originated as a way to mark time and break up the year into shorter periods based on the Moon’s orbit around Earth. The word month is even derived from the word Moon. As far as we know, months were first used in Mesopotamia sometime between the years 500 BCE and 400 BCE to measure the natural period related to the lunar month, or synodic month, which is the time it takes for the Moon to go through all the Moon phases. Month Name Days in Month 1 January 31 days 2 February 28 days (common year) 29 days (leap year*) 3 March 31 days 4 April 30 days 5 May 31 days 6 June 30 days 7 July 31 days 8 August 31 days 9 September 30 days 10 October 31 days 11 November 30 days 12 December 31 days Our current Gregorian calendar and its predecessor, the Julian calendar, both have 12 months. However, the month names we use today are derived from the Roman calendar, which initially had only 10 months, with the calendar year starting in March...