A Wednesday
Born on December 17, 1980?
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
Sagittarius
🐒 Chinese zodiac
Metal Monkey
🌔 Moon
Waxing Gibbous
🎂 Age today
45 years
Famous people born on December 17, 1980
Born the same week
What happened that day
🎵 No. 1 song
December 17, 1980 was a Wednesday. Someone born on December 17, 1980 is a Sagittarius. Someone born on December 17, 1980 is 45 years old today and has lived about 16,759 days. People born in 1980 belong to Generation X.
Also born on December 17
Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Humphry Davy
1778 · British chemist
Gift ideas for someone born in 1980
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Questions about December 17, 1980
- What day of the week was December 17, 1980?
- December 17, 1980 was a Wednesday.
- What star sign is someone born on December 17, 1980?
- Someone born on December 17, 1980 is a Sagittarius.
- What is the Chinese zodiac sign for December 17, 1980?
- In the Chinese zodiac, December 17, 1980 falls in the year of the Metal Monkey.
- How old is someone born on December 17, 1980?
- Someone born on December 17, 1980 is 45 years old today and has lived about 16,759 days.
- Which generation is someone born in 1980?
- People born in 1980 belong to Generation X.
- What is the birthstone for December?
- The birthstone for December is turquoise.
- What was the moon phase on December 17, 1980?
- On December 17, 1980 the moon was a Waxing Gibbous.
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