In love
Partnership-oriented to the core. Uncomfortable alone, sometimes to its own cost.
Settled date · day 6 of 31 in the sign
September 28 zodiac sign: Libra
The September 28 zodiac sign is Libra in every year from 1930 to 2029: on that date the Sun stands 5°22′ into the sign, 5 days past its start and 25 days before Scorpio begins.
- Sun sign
- Libra at noon in every year 1930–2029
- US births a day
- 11,711 #91 of 366 dates
- Day of the year
- 271st 272nd in leap years
- Sun at noon 2026
- 5°22′ of Libra
Births: US Social Security Administration 2000–2014. Sun: NASA JPL DE440.
How common is this birthday
September 28 among the 366 days
September 28 averages 11,711 births a day in the US — the 91st most common of the 366 dates, 3.2% above the average day. The deep dips are holidays.
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Where in Libra this falls
September 28 falls on day 6 of the Moon decan (September 23–October 3, 2026).
Moon-ruled decan of Libra
Decan
1 of 3 · 0°–10°
Sub-ruler
Moon
Sign ruler
Venus
Sun at noon, 2026
5°22′
The Moon pulls the sign inward, toward memory and mood, and makes it react before it decides. In its first ten degrees Libra shows in its rawest form: Virgo has only just handed over, and nothing of the new sign has worn down yet.
Personality
September 28 birthday personality
People born on September 28 are Libra, and the sign is read as balance, fairness and acute awareness of other people. Sees every side of a dispute and can make opposing parties feel heard.
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
Strong in negotiation, mediation and anything aesthetic. Weak on unilateral calls.
Stone and flower
The September birthstone is sapphire (deep blue), and the month's flowers are the aster and morning glory.
Look up your birth year
Every year, computed
All 100 years for September 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 | Libra 4.64° | 5 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 4 | Mercury |
| 1931 | Libra 4.4° | 6 | Aries | Revati 4 | — |
| 1932 | Libra 5.14° | 7 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 2 | Saturn |
| 1933 | Libra 4.9° | 8 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 3 | Saturn |
| 1934 | Libra 4.67° | 9 | Gemini | Rohini 3 | Saturn |
| 1935 | Libra 4.43° | 1 | Libra | Hasta 3 | Venus Saturn |
| 1936 | Libra 5.17° | 11 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 1 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1937 | Libra 4.94° | 3 | Cancer | Punarvasu 3 | Saturn |
| 1938 | Libra 4.7° | 4 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1939 | Libra 4.46° | 5 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1940 | Libra 5.2° | 6 | Leo | Ashlesha 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1941 | Libra 4.96° | 7 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 3 | Mars Saturn |
| 1942 | Libra 4.73° | 8 | Taurus | Krittika 1 | Saturn |
| 1943 | Libra 4.49° | 9 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 2 | Mercury |
| 1944 | Libra 5.23° | 1 | Aquarius | Shravana 4 | — |
| 1945 | Libra 4.99° | 11 | Cancer | Ardra 2 | — |
| 1946 | Libra 4.75° | 3 | Scorpio | Swati 4 | — |
| 1947 | Libra 4.51° | 4 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 1 | — |
| 1948 | Libra 5.26° | 5 | Leo | Pushya 3 | — |
| 1949 | Libra 5.02° | 6 | Sagittarius | Mula 2 | Mercury |
| 1950 | Libra 4.79° | 7 | Taurus | Ashwini 3 | Jupiter |
| 1951 | Libra 4.55° | 8 | Virgo | Magha 4 | Jupiter |
| 1952 | Libra 5.3° | 9 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 3 | Jupiter |
| 1953 | Libra 5.06° | 1 | Gemini | Mrigashira 1 | — |
| 1954 | Libra 4.83° | 11 | Libra | Chitra 2 | — |
| 1955 | Libra 4.59° | 3 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 3 | — |
| 1956 | Libra 5.33° | 4 | Cancer | Punarvasu 2 | Mercury Mars |
| 1957 | Libra 5.09° | 5 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 4 | — |
| 1958 | Libra 4.85° | 6 | Aries | Revati 1 | — |
| 1959 | Libra 4.61° | 7 | Leo | Ashlesha 2 | — |
| 1960 | Libra 5.35° | 8 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 2 | — |
| 1961 | Libra 5.12° | 9 | Taurus | Krittika 3 | — |
| 1962 | Libra 4.88° | 1 | Libra | Uttara Phalguni 4 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 1963 | Libra 4.64° | 11 | Aquarius | Uttara Ashadha 4 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 1964 | Libra 5.38° | 3 | Cancer | Ardra 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1965 | Libra 5.15° | 4 | Scorpio | Vishakha 2 | Saturn |
| 1966 | Libra 4.91° | 5 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 3 | Saturn |
| 1967 | Libra 4.67° | 6 | Cancer | Punarvasu 4 | Saturn |
| 1968 | Libra 5.42° | 7 | Sagittarius | Mula 1 | Saturn |
| 1969 | Libra 5.18° | 8 | Taurus | Bharani 1 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1970 | Libra 4.94° | 9 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 2 | Saturn |
| 1971 | Libra 4.71° | 1 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 3 | Saturn |
| 1972 | Libra 5.45° | 11 | Gemini | Mrigashira 1 | — |
| 1973 | Libra 5.22° | 3 | Libra | Chitra 4 | Mars Jupiter |
| 1974 | Libra 4.98° | 4 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 1 | Jupiter |
| 1975 | Libra 4.74° | 5 | Cancer | Ardra 2 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1976 | Libra 5.48° | 6 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 4 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1977 | Libra 5.25° | 7 | Aries | Revati 3 | — |
| 1978 | Libra 5.01° | 8 | Leo | Ashlesha 4 | — |
| 1979 | Libra 4.77° | 9 | Sagittarius | Mula 1 | — |
| 1980 | Libra 5.51° | 1 | Gemini | Krittika 4 | — |
| 1981 | Libra 5.27° | 11 | Libra | Hasta 2 | — |
| 1982 | Libra 5.03° | 3 | Aquarius | Shravana 3 | Mercury |
| 1983 | Libra 4.79° | 4 | Gemini | Mrigashira 1 | — |
| 1984 | Libra 5.54° | 5 | Scorpio | Vishakha 3 | — |
| 1985 | Libra 5.3° | 6 | Pisces | Uttara Bhadrapada 1 | Jupiter |
| 1986 | Libra 5.07° | 7 | Leo | Pushya 2 | Jupiter |
| 1987 | Libra 4.83° | 8 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 4 | Jupiter |
| 1988 | Libra 5.57° | 9 | Taurus | Bharani 2 | Mars Jupiter |
| 1989 | Libra 5.34° | 1 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 4 | Mercury |
| 1990 | Libra 5.11° | 11 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 1 | — |
| 1991 | Libra 4.87° | 3 | Gemini | Krittika 4 | Saturn |
| 1992 | Libra 5.61° | 4 | Scorpio | Swati 1 | Saturn |
| 1993 | Libra 5.38° | 5 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 3 | Saturn |
| 1994 | Libra 5.13° | 6 | Cancer | Ardra 4 | Saturn |
| 1995 | Libra 4.89° | 7 | Scorpio | Vishakha 4 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1996 | Libra 5.63° | 8 | Aries | Ashwini 1 | Saturn |
| 1997 | Libra 5.39° | 9 | Virgo | Magha 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1998 | Libra 5.16° | 1 | Capricorn | Mula 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1999 | Libra 4.92° | 11 | Taurus | Bharani 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2000 | Libra 5.66° | 3 | Libra | Hasta 4 | Saturn |
| 2001 | Libra 5.43° | 4 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 2 | Saturn |
| 2002 | Libra 5.19° | 5 | Gemini | Mrigashira 2 | Mercury |
| 2003 | Libra 4.95° | 6 | Scorpio | Swati 3 | — |
| 2004 | Libra 5.7° | 7 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 3 | — |
| 2005 | Libra 5.46° | 8 | Leo | Ashlesha 1 | — |
| 2006 | Libra 5.23° | 9 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 1 | — |
| 2007 | Libra 4.99° | 1 | Aries | Ashwini 2 | — |
| 2008 | Libra 5.73° | 11 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 2 | Mercury |
| 2009 | Libra 5.5° | 3 | Aquarius | Uttara Ashadha 3 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 2010 | Libra 5.26° | 4 | Gemini | Krittika 4 | Jupiter |
| 2011 | Libra 5.02° | 5 | Libra | Chitra 1 | Jupiter |
| 2012 | Libra 5.77° | 6 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 1 | — |
| 2013 | Libra 5.52° | 7 | Cancer | Punarvasu 2 | — |
| 2014 | Libra 5.29° | 8 | Scorpio | Vishakha 4 | — |
| 2015 | Libra 5.05° | 9 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 4 | Mercury |
| 2016 | Libra 5.79° | 1 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 1 | — |
| 2017 | Libra 5.55° | 11 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 1 | — |
| 2018 | Libra 5.31° | 3 | Taurus | Bharani 3 | — |
| 2019 | Libra 5.07° | 4 | Libra | Uttara Phalguni 4 | — |
| 2020 | Libra 5.82° | 5 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 4 | Mars Saturn |
| 2021 | Libra 5.58° | 6 | Gemini | Mrigashira 4 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 2022 | Libra 5.35° | 7 | Scorpio | Swati 2 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 2023 | Libra 5.11° | 8 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2024 | Libra 5.85° | 9 | Leo | Ashlesha 3 | Saturn |
| 2025 | Libra 5.62° | 1 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 3 | Saturn |
| 2026 | Libra 5.38° | 11 | Aries | Ashwini 2 | Saturn |
| 2027 | Libra 5.14° | 3 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 2 | Saturn |
| 2028 | Libra 5.89° | 4 | Aquarius | Shravana 2 | Mercury Saturn |
| 2029 | Libra 5.65° | 5 | Gemini | Rohini 2 | Saturn |
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 September 28
Day of the year
272 of 366
Mercury was retrograde on this date in
20 of 100 years
(20%)
Latest of those, to 2029
2008, 2009, 2015, 2021, 2022, 2028
Full moon fell on this date in
5 years — 1939, 1958, 1985, 2004, 2015
Most frequent moon phase
Waning Gibbous · 21 years
Counted for September 28 alone, at noon UTC in each year from 1930 to 2029. Why the counts differ from date to date →
Year by year
2006
Libra
life path 9
2007
Libra
life path 1
2008
Libra
life path 11
2009
Libra
life path 3
2010
Libra
life path 4
2011
Libra
life path 5
2012
Libra
life path 6
2013
Libra
life path 7
2014
Libra
life path 8
2015
Libra
life path 9
2016
Libra
life path 1
2017
Libra
life path 11
2018
Libra
life path 3
2019
Libra
life path 4
2020
Libra
life path 5
2021
Libra
life path 6
2022
Libra
life path 7
2023
Libra
life path 8
2024
Libra
life path 9
2025
Libra
life path 1
2026
Libra
life path 11
2027
Libra
life path 3
2028
Libra
life path 4
2029
Libra
life path 5
The sign is the same in every tile; only the life path number moves.
Life path numbers this date produces
5
12 years · 12%
6
11 years · 11%
7
11 years · 11%
8
11 years · 11%
9
11 years · 11%
1
11 years · 11%
11
11 years · 11%
3
11 years · 11%
4
11 years · 11%
The most frequent is 5 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 September 28 birthdays
What zodiac sign is September 28?
Libra in all 100 years from 1930 to 2029: the Sun stands at 5°22′ Libra on September 28, 5 days after the sign begins and 25 before Scorpio takes over.
What life path numbers does September 28 produce?
Across 100 birth years the most common is 5 (12 years); every other number appears in 11 years.
Which decan is September 28?
The 1st decan of Libra, 0° to 10°, sub-ruled by the Moon in the Chaldean order.
Can September 28 be a master number birth date?
Yes — 11, in 11 of the 100 years: 1936, 1945, 1954, 1963, 1972, 1981, 1990, 1999, 2008, 2017 and 2026.
Cite this page
AstroHot. “September 28 Zodiac Sign: Libra, and Why It Never Changes.” Accessed October 28, 2026. https://astrohot.com/birthday/september-28/
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