Birthday signs · Capricorn season
What zodiac sign is December 28?
Capricorn is the tropical zodiac sign occupied by December 28. Across 101 years from 1930 through 2030, noon UTC on December 28 always found the Sun in Capricorn, at 5.79° to 7.29° Capricorn. Capricorn season has December 28 as day 6 to 8, in its early part, with the element earth.
Calculated across 1930–2030 · checked .
December 28 is Capricorn
| Capricorn at noon UTC | 101 of 101 years, 1930–2030 |
|---|---|
| Nearest change of sign | at least 5 days away |
| Birth time needed for the sign | no |
December 28 at a glance
| Sign | ♑︎ Capricorn, the Goat |
|---|---|
| Element and mode | earth, cardinal |
| Polarity | negative (feminine) |
| Ruler | Saturn (traditional) |
| Sun on this date | 5.8° to 7.3° Capricorn at noon UTC, 1930–2030 |
| Day of the season | day 6 to 8 of Capricorn season |
| Decan | first (0°–10°), face of Jupiter |
| Sidereal sign (Lahiri) | Sagittarius |
| Day number | 1 (modern numerology) |
Rulers: Ptolemy; modern list.6
The decan: early Capricorn
| Noon Sun | 5.79° to 7.29° Capricorn |
|---|---|
| Decan | first (0°–10°) |
| Face ruler, Chaldean order | Jupiter |
Faces after Lilly, in Chaldean order.3
December 28 by the numbers
| Day number | 1 (2 + 8 = 10, then 1 + 0 = 1) |
|---|---|
| Month-day number | 4 (3 + 1) |
| System | modern numerology, digit sums |
Digit sums as numerology guides give them.4
Where the date falls in the season
| Day of Capricorn season | 6 to 8 |
|---|---|
| Capricorn season opened | December 21 (5 years) or December 22 (82) or December 23 (14) |
| Capricorn season closed | January 19 (49 years) or January 20 (52) |
| Element and mode | earth, cardinal |
| Traditional ruler | Saturn |
Seasons by the noon-UTC rule; rulers after Ptolemy.2
Born at this point in Capricorn season
Born on December 28, early in Capricorn, this person arrives at the edge of the winter turn with the year still settling. Their instinct is to build something slowly and check each beam before leaning on it. Friends bring them the practical problems, and they find that useful even when it wears them thin. The tension is that they hold back their own needs until the work is finished, then wonder why nobody asked. Some years they learn to ask first.
Interpretation, not prediction.
The sidereal sign
| Sidereal sign, Lahiri ayanamsa | Sagittarius, all 101 years |
|---|---|
| Noon Sun, sidereal Sagittarius | 12.3°–13.7° |
| Convention | Indian (Vedic) astrology |
Ayanamsa convention.5
Born on December 28
- Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924), 28th President of the United States
- Arthur Eddington (1882–1944), British astrophysicist
- John von Neumann (1903–1957), Hungarian and American mathematician and physicist
- Stan Lee (1922–2018), American comic book writer, editor, publisher, and producer
- Maggie Smith (1934–2024), English actress
- Denzel Washington (1954), American actor
- Linus Torvalds (1969), Finnish software engineer
- Sienna Miller (1981), British-American actress
Birth dates checked on Wikidata.7
December 28 in history
Observed on this date:
- King Taksin Memorial Day (Thailand)
- Proclamation Day (South Australia), celebration started on the day following Christmas (South Australia)
- Republic Day (South Sudan)
- The fourth of the Twelve Days of Christmas (Western Christianity)
Events on December 28:
- 1308: The reign of Emperor Hanazono of Japan begins.
- 1832: John C. Calhoun becomes the first Vice President of the United States to resign. He resigned after being elected Senator from South Carolina.
- 1895: Wilhelm Röntgen publishes a paper detailing his discovery of a new type of radiation, which later will be known as x-rays.
- 1944: Maurice Richard becomes the first player to score eight points in one game of NHL ice hockey.
- 1973: The United States Endangered Species Act is signed into law by President Richard Nixon.
How the answer was worked out
The Sun's tropical longitude on December 28 at noon UTC was calculated with Astronomy Engine for each year from 1930 through 2030, and the sign of each year was read from it.1 How the Machine works
Questions people also ask
What zodiac sign is December 28?
December 28 holds the sign Capricorn in all 101 sampled years from 1930 to 2030, measured with the Sun at noon UTC.
Is December 28 on a zodiac cusp?
No. Across the years 1930 to 2030, the noon Sun was in Capricorn on every December 28, and each December 28 lies at least 5 days from any change of sign.
What decan is December 28?
The face ruler in the Chaldean order for December 28 is Jupiter, since it sits in the first decan of Capricorn (0°–10°) in each sampled year.
What is the birthday number for December 28?
December 28 receives day number 1 and month-day number 4 under modern numerology, both calculated by adding digits.
Sources
- Astronomy Engine JavaScript reference — Don Cross, Astronomy Engine. Verified .
- Ptolemy, Tetrabiblos, Book I — LacusCurtius, University of Chicago. Verified .
- Decan (astrology): the faces of the planets (after Lilly) — Wikipedia. Verified .
- Life Path Number — Numerology.com (practitioner site). Verified .
- Ayanamsa (Lahiri and other sidereal conventions) — Wikipedia. Verified .
- Capricorn (astrology) — Wikipedia. Verified .
- Wikipedia: December 28 — Wikipedia (Wikimedia On this day feed); birth dates checked on Wikidata. Verified .