A Thursday
Born on September 7, 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
Thursday
♍ Star sign
Virgo
🐎 Chinese zodiac
Earth Horse
🌒 Moon
Waxing Crescent
🎂 Age today
48 years
Famous people born on September 7, 1978
Born the same week
Danijel Ljuboja
September 4 · Serbian and French footballer
Chris Hipkins
September 5 · Prime Minister of New Zealand from January to November 2023
Homare Sawa
September 6 · Japanese footballer (born 1978)
Ramūnas Šiškauskas
September 10 · Lithuanian basketball player (born 1978)
Carlos Castro
September 10 · Costa Rican footballer (1978)
What happened that day
🎵 No. 1 song
September 7, 1978 was a Thursday. Someone born on September 7, 1978 is a Virgo. Someone born on September 7, 1978 is 48 years old today and has lived about 17,591 days. People born in 1978 belong to Generation X.
Also born on September 7
Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Elizabeth I of England
1533 · Queen of England and Ireland from to

Elia Kazan
1909 · American director and actor

Buddy Holly
1936 · American rock and roll singer
Gift ideas for someone born in 1978
AdPresents that go back to the year it all began.
- Decorations for turning 49
- “Born in 1978” gifts
- Wine from 1978
- Books about 1978
- A newspaper from 1978
- Coin set from 1978
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Questions about September 7, 1978
- What day of the week was September 7, 1978?
- September 7, 1978 was a Thursday.
- What star sign is someone born on September 7, 1978?
- Someone born on September 7, 1978 is a Virgo.
- What is the Chinese zodiac sign for September 7, 1978?
- In the Chinese zodiac, September 7, 1978 falls in the year of the Earth Horse.
- How old is someone born on September 7, 1978?
- Someone born on September 7, 1978 is 48 years old today and has lived about 17,591 days.
- Which generation is someone born in 1978?
- People born in 1978 belong to Generation X.
- What is the birthstone for September?
- The birthstone for September is sapphire.
- What was the moon phase on September 7, 1978?
- On September 7, 1978 the moon was a Waxing Crescent.
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