How many days until August 30?
There are 8 days until August 30, 2026, which lands on a Sunday. Watch it tick down live, and share the countdown with everyone who should be counting too.
Counting down to August 30
August 30 birthday facts
Born on August 30? 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 29 — 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 30
Anyone celebrating a August 30 birthday is in famous company — these are the best-known people born on this exact date:
- Warren Buffett (1930) — legendary investor
- Mary Shelley (1797) — author of Frankenstein
- Cameron Diaz (1972) — actress
- Ernest Rutherford (1871) — father of nuclear physics
What makes a August 30 birthday special
August 30 is the 242nd day of the year, which means a August 30 birthday arrives with 123 days of the year still to go. It falls on the 8th 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 30?
| Year | August 30 falls on |
|---|---|
| 2026 | Sunday |
| 2027 | Monday |
| 2028 | Wednesday |
| 2029 | Thursday |
| 2030 | Friday |
Quick answers
- How many days until August 30?
- There are 8 days until August 30, 2026. It falls on a Sunday.
- What zodiac sign is August 30?
- People born on August 30 are Virgo — typically thoughtful, precise and secretly the one holding it all together.
- What are the birthstone and birth flower for August 30?
- The August birthstone is Peridot and the birth flower is the Gladiolus.
- Which famous people were born on August 30?
- Famous August 30 birthdays include Warren Buffett, Mary Shelley, Cameron Diaz, Ernest Rutherford.