How many days until August 28?
There are 6 days until August 28, 2026, which lands on a Friday. Watch it tick down live, and share the countdown with everyone who should be counting too.
Counting down to August 28
August 28 birthday facts
Born on August 28? That makes you a Virgo — thoughtful, precise and secretly the one holding it all together. Your birthstone is the peridot, your birth flower is the gladiolus, and your half-birthday lands on February 28 — worth celebrating too. See everything about being born in August, get the full picture with the birthday personality tool, or work out your exact age with the age calculator.
Famous birthdays on August 28
Anyone celebrating a August 28 birthday is in famous company — these are the best-known people born on this exact date:
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749) — German literary giant
- Jack Black (1969) — actor and musician
- Shania Twain (1965) — country-pop superstar
- Florence Welch (1986) — Florence + the Machine singer
What makes a August 28 birthday special
August 28 is the 240th day of the year, which means a August 28 birthday arrives with 125 days of the year still to go. It falls on the 6th day of Virgo season — thoughtful, precise and secretly the one holding it all together. August was renamed for Emperor Augustus — and legend says it was given 31 days so it wouldn’t be shorter than Julius Caesar’s July.
What day of the week is August 28?
| Year | August 28 falls on |
|---|---|
| 2026 | Friday |
| 2027 | Saturday |
| 2028 | Monday |
| 2029 | Tuesday |
| 2030 | Wednesday |
Quick answers
- How many days until August 28?
- There are 6 days until August 28, 2026. It falls on a Friday.
- What zodiac sign is August 28?
- People born on August 28 are Virgo — typically thoughtful, precise and secretly the one holding it all together.
- What are the birthstone and birth flower for August 28?
- The August birthstone is Peridot and the birth flower is the Gladiolus.
- Which famous people were born on August 28?
- Famous August 28 birthdays include Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Jack Black, Shania Twain, Florence Welch.