You're getting old!
Date of birth: September 30th, 1978
You are 46 years, 9 months and 12 days old today.
You are 17,087 days old.
Your star sign is Libra. Your birth stones are Sapphire or Lapis Lazuli.
The total number of candles on all your birthday cakes so far is 1,081.
Your heart has beaten approximately 1708778277 times in total.
You have taken approximately 379072500 breaths in total.
The moon has orbited the earth 625 times since you were born.
When you were born there were approximately 4,355,204,166 other people alive on Earth.
There are now about 8046359052 people alive.
You're so old that...
September 30th, 1978:
You were born
You were born
16,863 days
17,087 days
July 30th, 1932:
The Summer Olympics open in Los Angeles
Nearer to your birth date than today!
The Summer Olympics open in Los Angeles
Nearer to your birth date than today!
12th Jul 2025:
Today
Today
You're quite the traveller
323419755 miles
How far you have travelled around the center of the Earth as it rotates.
Based on living in New York City, it varies by location.
27520852272 miles
The distance you have travelled as the Earth revolves around the Sun.
210993200757 miles
The distance you have travelled as the Sun revolves around the center of our galaxy.
577937897727 miles
As our galaxy is moving relative to the rest of the universe,
this is how far you have travelled towards the Great Attractor.
With all those miles on your body, it's not surprising you're starting to look a bit rusty.
In your past...
As an infant
16th Oct 1978
Pope John Paul II succeeds Pope John Paul I as the 264th pope (you were 16 days old)
31st Dec 1978
5th Jan 1979
Queen releases "Don't Stop Me Now" (you were 3 months old)
8th Mar 1979
Philips demonstrates the Compact Disc publicly for the first time (you were 5 months old)
20th Apr 1979
As a child
4th Nov 1980
Ronald Reagan is elected president of the United States of America (you were 2 years old)
6th Jun 1984
The Tetris video game is released in the USSR (you were 5 years old)
28th Jan 1986
The Space Shuttle Challenger disaster (you were 7 years old)
11th Aug 1988
Al-Qaeda is formed by Osama bin Laden (you were 9 years old)
13th Nov 1990
The first known web page is written (you were 12 years old)
As a teenager
12th Apr 1992
The Euro Disney Resort (later renamed to Disneyland Paris) officially opens (you were 13 years old)
13th Nov 1994
Michael Schumacher wins his first Formula One World Championship (you were 16 years old)
4th Sep 1995
eBay is founded (you were 16 years old)
22nd Nov 1995
Pixar/Disney animated movie "Toy Story" is released (you were 17 years old)
31st Aug 1997
Diana, Princess of Wales, dies in a car crash (you were 18 years old)
In your 20s
1st Jun 1999
Napster, a revolutionary music downloading service, debuts (you were 20 years old)
1st Jan 2001
The dawn of the new millennium (you were 22 years old)
11th Sep 2001
9/11 terror attacks on NYC's World Trade Center and Pentagon (you were 22 years old)
14th Apr 2003
The Human Genome Project is completed, with 99% of the human genome sequenced to 99.99% accuracy (you were 24 years old)
29th Aug 2005
Hurricane Katrina makes landfall along the U.S. Gulf Coast, causing severe damage (you were 26 years old)
In your 30s
14th Apr 2010
Ash from Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Iceland disrupts air traffic over Europe (you were 31 years old)
2nd May 2011
Osama bin Laden killed by US military forces in Pakistan (you were 32 years old)
8th Jul 2011
The last Space Shuttle launch, Atlantis on flight STS-135 (you were 32 years old)
11th Feb 2012
Whitney Houston - American singer, actress, producer, and model dies (you were 33 years old)
28th Feb 2013
Benedict XVI resigns as pope (you were 34 years old)
Milestones
You were 500 days old on 12th Feb 1980
You were 1,000 days old on 26th Jun 1981
You were 2,000 days old on 22nd Mar 1984
You were 5,000 days old on 8th Jun 1992
You were 10,000 days old on 15th Feb 2006
You were 15,000 days old on 25th Oct 2019
You will be 20,000 days old on 3rd Jul 2033
You will be 25,000 days old on 12th Mar 2047
You will be 30,000 days old on 18th Nov 2060
You will be 35,000 days old on 28th Jul 2074
You will be 40,000 days old on 5th Apr 2088
Compared to others...
Out of 100,000 people born on the same day as you, approximately 93,913 are still living.
- People born on your birth date who still live.
- People born on your birth date who are dead.
Over 81% of visitors to this site are younger than you! The average age of visitors is 35.
- People who are older than you.
- People who are younger than you.