World Jump Day

July 20

Calendar Date

Sat, 07/20/2024

Sun, 07/20/2025

Month

July

Rule

July 20

#WorldJumpDay

World Jump Day is July 20th

World Jump Day is a day where people from around the world jump at exactly 11:39.13 GMT. The idea is to move earth off its orbit!

Is this possible?

The concept is that if 600 million individuals participate in one big simultaneous jump, then maybe it'll be enough for our planet's rotation rate change slightly- which could reduce some amount or even all sorts icecaps melting due to increased gravity caused during these events. While it is impossible to change the orbit of the Earth, the concept of the day is fun and brings lots of awareness to global warming.

About World Jump Day

Torsten Lauschmann, a German artist from the United Kingdom, created World Jump Day first celebrated on July 20th, 2006. Lauschmann created a website to promote the day and had over 600 million registered jumpers. His hope was that by having enough people jump at the same time, it would change the orbit of Earth. Lauschmann believed this would help reduce global warming. Even though World Jump Day proved to be unscientific, it is still celebrated by millions of people around the world.