What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 23, 1988?

In the Chinese zodiac, August 23, 1988 falls in the year of the Earth Dragon.

What is the birthstone for August?

The birthstone for August is peridot.

What was the moon phase on August 23, 1988?

On August 23, 1988 the moon was a Waxing Gibbous.

A Tuesday

Born on August 23, 1988?

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📅 Weekday
Tuesday
♍ Star sign
Virgo
🐉 Chinese zodiac
Earth Dragon
🌔 Moon
Waxing Gibbous
🎂 Age today
38 years

Famous people born on August 23, 1988

Jeremy Lin

Taiwanese-American basketball player

Olga Govortsova

Belarusian female tennis player

Saulius Ritter

Lithuanian rower

Vaani Kapoor

Indian actress

Victor Nyirenda

Malawian footballer

John Mintoff

Maltese footballer

Yvan Rajoarimanana

Malagasy footballer

What happened that week

The 6.9 Nepal earthquake shakes the Nepal–India border with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), leaving 709–1,450 people killed and thousands injured.
A ceasefire effectively ends the Iran–Iraq War, with an estimated one million lives lost.
Seventy people are killed and 346 injured in one of the worst air show disasters in history at Germany's Ramstein Air Base, when three jets from the Italian air demonstration team, Frecce Tricolori, collide, sending one of the aircraft crashing into the crowd of spectators.
Pakistani President Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq and the U.S. ambassador to Pakistan, Arnold Lewis Raphel, are among those killed when a plane crashes and explodes near Bahawalpur.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

August 23, 1988 was a Tuesday. Someone born on August 23, 1988 is a Virgo. Someone born on August 23, 1988 is 38 years old today and has lived about 13,953 days. People born in 1988 belong to the Millennials.

Also born on August 23

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Louis XVI of France
1754 · King of France and Navarre from to , then King of the French from to
Georges Cuvier
1769 · French naturalist, zoologist and paleontologist
Gene Kelly
1912 · American dancer, actor, singer, director and choreographer
Clifford Geertz
1926 · American anthropologist

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Questions about August 23, 1988

What day of the week was August 23, 1988?: August 23, 1988 was a Tuesday.
What star sign is someone born on August 23, 1988?: Someone born on August 23, 1988 is a Virgo.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 23, 1988?: In the Chinese zodiac, August 23, 1988 falls in the year of the Earth Dragon.
How old is someone born on August 23, 1988?: Someone born on August 23, 1988 is 38 years old today and has lived about 13,953 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1988?: People born in 1988 belong to the Millennials.
What is the birthstone for August?: The birthstone for August is peridot.
What was the moon phase on August 23, 1988?: On August 23, 1988 the moon was a Waxing Gibbous.

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