If Earth makes one complete rotation on its axis every 23 hours and 56 minutes, how does day and night not being flipped on our clocks after six months? (6monthx30dayx4min/60=12hour)

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And why leap year happens once per 4 years only to address this?

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Answer 1

You want the hours align with the sun, not with the stars.

Since earth is rotating around the sun as well, after it aligned back to the stars after a rotation, it needs to rotate a bit further to align to the sun again.