In love
Slow to commit, hard to shift once committed. Shows affection through provision rather than declaration.
Settled date · day 9 of 31 in the sign
April 28 zodiac sign: Taurus
The April 28 zodiac sign is Taurus in every year from 1930 to 2029: on that date the Sun stands 8°13′ into the sign, 8 days past its start and 22 days before Gemini begins.
- Sun sign
- Taurus at noon in every year 1930–2029
- US births a day
- 10,836 #331 of 366 dates
- Day of the year
- 118th 119th in leap years
- Sun at noon 2026
- 8°13′ of Taurus
Births: US Social Security Administration 2000–2014. Sun: NASA JPL DE440.
How common is this birthday
April 28 among the 366 days
April 28 averages 10,836 births a day in the US — the 36th least common of the 366 dates, 4.5% below the average day. The deep dips are holidays.
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Mercury-ruled decan of Taurus
Decan
1 of 3 · 0°–10°
Sub-ruler
Mercury
Sign ruler
Venus
Sun at noon, 2026
8°13′
Mercury wires the sign for analysis and talk — quicker, more articulate, less settled. In its first ten degrees Taurus shows in its rawest form: Aries has only just handed over, and nothing of the new sign has worn down yet.
Personality
April 28 birthday personality
People born on April 28 are Taurus, and the sign is read as steadiness, comfort and a long attention span. Outlasts everyone. Builds slowly and does not abandon what is half-finished.
The 28th reduces to 1 and combines 2 (partnership) with 8 (authority). Numerologists read it as independent leadership that knows how to work with other people: those born on this day are ambitious and self-directed, yet they build alliances and understand group dynamics better than most 1s. Birthday number 28 in full →
At work
Excellent at consolidation and anything requiring persistence. Poor at improvising under sudden change.
Stone and flower
The April birthstone is diamond (colorless), and the month's flowers are the daisy and sweet pea.
Look up your birth year
Every year, computed
All 100 years for April 28. Each row is calculated for that exact day — sun position, life path, the Moon's sign and nakshatra, and which planets were retrograde. Find your year.
| Year | Sun | Life path | Moon | Nakshatra | Retrograde |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930 | Taurus 7.46° | 9 | Taurus | Ashwini 4 | Saturn |
| 1931 | Taurus 7.24° | 1 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 3 | Mercury |
| 1932 | Taurus 7.97° | 11 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 1 | — |
| 1933 | Taurus 7.74° | 3 | Gemini | Mrigashira 1 | Jupiter |
| 1934 | Taurus 7.5° | 4 | Libra | Chitra 3 | Jupiter |
| 1935 | Taurus 7.27° | 5 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 3 | Mars Jupiter |
| 1936 | Taurus 8.01° | 6 | Leo | Pushya 4 | Jupiter |
| 1937 | Taurus 7.77° | 7 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 4 | Venus Mars |
| 1938 | Taurus 7.54° | 8 | Aries | Revati 2 | Mercury |
| 1939 | Taurus 7.31° | 9 | Virgo | Magha 3 | — |
| 1940 | Taurus 8.04° | 1 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 3 | — |
| 1941 | Taurus 7.8° | 11 | Taurus | Krittika 3 | — |
| 1942 | Taurus 7.56° | 3 | Libra | Hasta 1 | — |
| 1943 | Taurus 7.32° | 4 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 2 | — |
| 1944 | Taurus 8.06° | 5 | Cancer | Punarvasu 2 | Mercury |
| 1945 | Taurus 7.82° | 6 | Scorpio | Vishakha 2 | Venus Jupiter |
| 1946 | Taurus 7.59° | 7 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 4 | Jupiter |
| 1947 | Taurus 7.36° | 8 | Leo | Ashlesha 2 | Jupiter |
| 1948 | Taurus 8.09° | 9 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 1 | Jupiter |
| 1949 | Taurus 7.86° | 1 | Taurus | Bharani 1 | Saturn |
| 1950 | Taurus 7.63° | 11 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 3 | Mars Saturn |
| 1951 | Taurus 7.39° | 3 | Aquarius | Shravana 2 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1952 | Taurus 8.13° | 4 | Gemini | Mrigashira 4 | Mars Saturn |
| 1953 | Taurus 7.89° | 5 | Scorpio | Swati 1 | Venus Saturn |
| 1954 | Taurus 7.66° | 6 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 3 | Saturn |
| 1955 | Taurus 7.43° | 7 | Cancer | Pushya 1 | Saturn |
| 1956 | Taurus 8.16° | 8 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 3 | Saturn |
| 1957 | Taurus 7.93° | 9 | Aries | Revati 4 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 1958 | Taurus 7.69° | 1 | Leo | Magha 2 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 1959 | Taurus 7.45° | 11 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1960 | Taurus 8.19° | 3 | Gemini | Rohini 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1961 | Taurus 7.96° | 4 | Libra | Hasta 3 | Venus |
| 1962 | Taurus 7.72° | 5 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 2 | — |
| 1963 | Taurus 7.49° | 6 | Cancer | Ardra 4 | — |
| 1964 | Taurus 8.22° | 7 | Scorpio | Anuradha 1 | Mercury |
| 1965 | Taurus 7.98° | 8 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 2 | — |
| 1966 | Taurus 7.75° | 9 | Leo | Ashlesha 1 | — |
| 1967 | Taurus 7.51° | 1 | Capricorn | Mula 3 | Mars |
| 1968 | Taurus 8.25° | 11 | Taurus | Bharani 4 | — |
| 1969 | Taurus 8.02° | 3 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 1 | Venus Mars Jupiter |
| 1970 | Taurus 7.78° | 4 | Aquarius | Shravana 1 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1971 | Taurus 7.56° | 5 | Gemini | Mrigashira 2 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1972 | Taurus 8.29° | 6 | Scorpio | Swati 3 | Jupiter |
| 1973 | Taurus 8.05° | 7 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 4 | — |
| 1974 | Taurus 7.82° | 8 | Cancer | Pushya 1 | — |
| 1975 | Taurus 7.58° | 9 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 1 | — |
| 1976 | Taurus 8.32° | 1 | Aries | Ashwini 2 | — |
| 1977 | Taurus 8.08° | 11 | Virgo | Magha 3 | Mercury |
| 1978 | Taurus 7.84° | 3 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 4 | — |
| 1979 | Taurus 7.61° | 4 | Gemini | Krittika 4 | Saturn |
| 1980 | Taurus 8.34° | 5 | Libra | Chitra 1 | Saturn |
| 1981 | Taurus 8.1° | 6 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1982 | Taurus 7.87° | 7 | Cancer | Ardra 4 | Mars Jupiter Saturn |
| 1983 | Taurus 7.64° | 8 | Scorpio | Vishakha 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1984 | Taurus 8.38° | 9 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 4 | Mercury Mars Saturn |
| 1985 | Taurus 8.14° | 1 | Leo | Ashlesha 1 | Saturn |
| 1986 | Taurus 7.9° | 11 | Capricorn | Mula 3 | Saturn |
| 1987 | Taurus 7.68° | 3 | Taurus | Bharani 2 | Saturn |
| 1988 | Taurus 8.41° | 4 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 3 | Saturn |
| 1989 | Taurus 8.17° | 5 | Aquarius | Uttara Ashadha 4 | Saturn |
| 1990 | Taurus 7.94° | 6 | Gemini | Mrigashira 3 | Mercury |
| 1991 | Taurus 7.71° | 7 | Scorpio | Swati 1 | — |
| 1992 | Taurus 8.44° | 8 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 2 | Jupiter |
| 1993 | Taurus 8.21° | 9 | Cancer | Punarvasu 4 | Jupiter |
| 1994 | Taurus 7.97° | 1 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 2 | Jupiter |
| 1995 | Taurus 7.74° | 11 | Aries | Ashwini 1 | Jupiter |
| 1996 | Taurus 8.48° | 3 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 1 | — |
| 1997 | Taurus 8.23° | 4 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 4 | Mercury |
| 1998 | Taurus 8° | 5 | Gemini | Rohini 1 | — |
| 1999 | Taurus 7.76° | 6 | Libra | Hasta 4 | Mars |
| 2000 | Taurus 8.5° | 7 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 4 | — |
| 2001 | Taurus 8.26° | 8 | Cancer | Ardra 3 | — |
| 2002 | Taurus 8.02° | 9 | Scorpio | Vishakha 4 | — |
| 2003 | Taurus 7.79° | 1 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 3 | Mercury |
| 2004 | Taurus 8.53° | 11 | Leo | Ashlesha 3 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 2005 | Taurus 8.29° | 3 | Capricorn | Mula 3 | Jupiter |
| 2006 | Taurus 8.06° | 4 | Taurus | Bharani 3 | Jupiter |
| 2007 | Taurus 7.83° | 5 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 2 | Jupiter |
| 2008 | Taurus 8.57° | 6 | Aquarius | Shravana 2 | Saturn |
| 2009 | Taurus 8.33° | 7 | Gemini | Mrigashira 2 | Saturn |
| 2010 | Taurus 8.1° | 8 | Scorpio | Swati 3 | Mercury Saturn |
| 2011 | Taurus 7.86° | 9 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 1 | Saturn |
| 2012 | Taurus 8.6° | 1 | Cancer | Pushya 1 | Saturn |
| 2013 | Taurus 8.36° | 11 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 2 | Saturn |
| 2014 | Taurus 8.12° | 3 | Aries | Ashwini 2 | Mars Saturn |
| 2015 | Taurus 7.89° | 4 | Virgo | Magha 4 | Saturn |
| 2016 | Taurus 8.62° | 5 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 4 | Mars Jupiter Saturn |
| 2017 | Taurus 8.39° | 6 | Gemini | Rohini 1 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 2018 | Taurus 8.15° | 7 | Libra | Chitra 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2019 | Taurus 7.92° | 8 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 3 | Jupiter |
| 2020 | Taurus 8.66° | 9 | Cancer | Ardra 3 | — |
| 2021 | Taurus 8.42° | 1 | Scorpio | Anuradha 1 | — |
| 2022 | Taurus 8.19° | 11 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 4 | — |
| 2023 | Taurus 7.95° | 3 | Leo | Ashlesha 2 | Mercury |
| 2024 | Taurus 8.69° | 4 | Capricorn | Mula 3 | — |
| 2025 | Taurus 8.45° | 5 | Taurus | Bharani 4 | — |
| 2026 | Taurus 8.22° | 6 | Libra | Uttara Phalguni 4 | — |
| 2027 | Taurus 7.99° | 7 | Aquarius | Shravana 1 | — |
| 2028 | Taurus 8.72° | 8 | Gemini | Mrigashira 2 | Jupiter |
| 2029 | Taurus 8.49° | 9 | Scorpio | Swati 3 | Mars Jupiter |
The Moon and nakshatra columns change every year because the Moon returns to the same calendar date in a different position — which is why a birth date alone cannot tell you those, and why this table exists.
A century of April 28
Day of the year
119 of 366
Mercury was retrograde on this date in
18 of 100 years
(18%)
Latest of those, to 2029
1997, 2003, 2004, 2010, 2017, 2023
Full moon fell on this date in
6 years — 1945, 1953, 1972, 1991, 2010, 2029
Most frequent moon phase
Waning Crescent · 18 years
Counted for April 28 alone, at noon UTC in each year from 1930 to 2029. Why the counts differ from date to date →
Year by year
2006
Taurus
life path 4
2007
Taurus
life path 5
2008
Taurus
life path 6
2009
Taurus
life path 7
2010
Taurus
life path 8
2011
Taurus
life path 9
2012
Taurus
life path 1
2013
Taurus
life path 11
2014
Taurus
life path 3
2015
Taurus
life path 4
2016
Taurus
life path 5
2017
Taurus
life path 6
2018
Taurus
life path 7
2019
Taurus
life path 8
2020
Taurus
life path 9
2021
Taurus
life path 1
2022
Taurus
life path 11
2023
Taurus
life path 3
2024
Taurus
life path 4
2025
Taurus
life path 5
2026
Taurus
life path 6
2027
Taurus
life path 7
2028
Taurus
life path 8
2029
Taurus
life path 9
The sign is the same in every tile; only the life path number moves.
Life path numbers this date produces
9
12 years · 12%
1
11 years · 11%
11
11 years · 11%
3
11 years · 11%
4
11 years · 11%
5
11 years · 11%
6
11 years · 11%
7
11 years · 11%
8
11 years · 11%
The most frequent is 9 with 12 years; every other number, 11 included, turns up in 11 years. And this date can carry a master number: 11 in 11 of those years — kept whole rather than reduced. Why 11, 22 and 33 are treated differently →
Questions about April 28 birthdays
What zodiac sign is April 28?
Taurus in all 100 years from 1930 to 2029: the Sun stands at 8°13′ Taurus on April 28, 8 days after the sign begins and 22 before Gemini takes over.
What life path numbers does April 28 produce?
Across 100 birth years the most common is 9 (12 years); every other number appears in 11 years.
Which decan is April 28?
The 1st decan of Taurus, 0° to 10°, sub-ruled by Mercury in the Chaldean order.
Can April 28 be a master number birth date?
Yes — 11, in 11 of the 100 years: 1932, 1941, 1950, 1959, 1968, 1977, 1986, 1995, 2004, 2013 and 2022.
Cite this page
AstroHot. “April 28 Zodiac Sign: Taurus, and Why It Never Changes.” Accessed October 28, 2026. https://astrohot.com/birthday/april-28/
For Wikipedia
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