A Wednesday
Born on July 5, 1978?
Here's the world on that day. Add a name and a birthplace for the full time capsule: the weather, the sky above your town and what things cost.
📅 Weekday
Wednesday
♋ Star sign
Cancer
🐎 Chinese zodiac
Earth Horse
🌑 Moon
New Moon
🎂 Age today
48 years
Famous people born on July 5, 1978
No famous birthdays are recorded for this exact day.
Born the same week
What happened that day
🎵 No. 1 song
July 5, 1978 was a Wednesday. Someone born on July 5, 1978 is a Cancer. Someone born on July 5, 1978 is 48 years old today and has lived about 17,655 days. People born in 1978 belong to Generation X.
Also born on July 5
Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Cecil John Rhodes
1853 · British businessman, mining magnate and politician in South Africa

Jean Cocteau
1889 · French writer and film director
Questions about July 5, 1978
- What day of the week was July 5, 1978?
- July 5, 1978 was a Wednesday.
- What star sign is someone born on July 5, 1978?
- Someone born on July 5, 1978 is a Cancer.
- What is the Chinese zodiac sign for July 5, 1978?
- In the Chinese zodiac, July 5, 1978 falls in the year of the Earth Horse.
- How old is someone born on July 5, 1978?
- Someone born on July 5, 1978 is 48 years old today and has lived about 17,655 days.
- Which generation is someone born in 1978?
- People born in 1978 belong to Generation X.
- What is the birthstone for July?
- The birthstone for July is ruby.
- What was the moon phase on July 5, 1978?
- On July 5, 1978 the moon was a New Moon.
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