May 8, 1552: Day of the Week
May 8, 1552 was the 129th day of the year 1552 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 237 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Thursday.
The day of the week for May 8, 1552 under the old Julian calendar was Sunday. Did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Mokuyōbi.
A person born on this day will be 473 years old today. If that same person saved a Half dollar every day starting at age 7, then by now that person has accumulated $85,110.00 today.
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Here’s the May 1552 Gregorian calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly 1552 calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
Taurus is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Emerald is the modern birthstone for this month. Sapphire is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
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May 8, 1552 by the Numbers
- 172,776 days since May 8, 1552
- 473 years, 0 month, and 16 days ago
- 5,676 months since then
- May 8 is in the 19th week of the year 1552 (ISO 8601)
- 24,682 weeks ago
- The year 1552 is a leap year
Gregorian versus the old Julian calendar
A note to students, teachers, scholars and anyone else passionate about this topic. As stated in the front page, this website is using the Gregorian calendar as the basis for all “day of the week” computation whether or not the Gregorian calendar is relevant for the date in question (May 8, 1552). Educators should point out the primary reason why Pope Gregory XIII introduced a new calendar system in October 1582. That is, to make the computation for the annual date of Easter more accurate since it is the foundation of the Christian faith.
Even with that purpose in mind, the Gregorian calendar too will become out of sync. It has a known approximation error of about one day for every 7,700 years assuming a constant time interval between vernal equinoxes (which is not true). This is better compared to the one day for every 128 years error of the Julian calendar.
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