A Sunday
Born on September 17, 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
Sunday
♍ Star sign
Virgo
🐎 Chinese zodiac
Earth Horse
🌕 Moon
Full Moon
🎂 Age today
48 years
Famous people born on September 17, 1978
Born the same week
What happened that day
🎵 No. 1 song
September 17, 1978 was a Sunday. Someone born on September 17, 1978 is a Virgo. Someone born on September 17, 1978 is 48 years old today and has lived about 17,581 days. People born in 1978 belong to Generation X.
Also born on September 17
Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Bernhard Riemann
1826 · German mathematician

Agostinho Neto
1922 · President of Angola

Hank Williams
1923 · American singer-songwriter

Narendra Modi
1950 · Prime Minister of India since
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 17, 1978
- What day of the week was September 17, 1978?
- September 17, 1978 was a Sunday.
- What star sign is someone born on September 17, 1978?
- Someone born on September 17, 1978 is a Virgo.
- What is the Chinese zodiac sign for September 17, 1978?
- In the Chinese zodiac, September 17, 1978 falls in the year of the Earth Horse.
- How old is someone born on September 17, 1978?
- Someone born on September 17, 1978 is 48 years old today and has lived about 17,581 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 17, 1978?
- On September 17, 1978 the moon was a Full Moon.
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