How many days until December 22?
There are 122 days until December 22, 2026, which lands on a Tuesday. Watch it tick down live, and share the countdown with everyone who should be counting too.
Counting down to December 22
December 22 birthday facts
Born on December 22? That makes you a Capricorn — disciplined, ambitious and quietly funny. Your birthstone is the turquoise, your birth flower is the narcissus, and your half-birthday lands on June 22 — worth celebrating too. See everything about being born in December, get the full picture with the birthday personality tool, or work out your exact age with the age calculator.
Famous birthdays on December 22
Anyone celebrating a December 22 birthday is in famous company — these are the best-known people born on this exact date:
- Giacomo Puccini (1858) — opera composer
- Ralph Fiennes (1962) — Voldemort actor
- Meghan Trainor (1993) — pop singer
What makes a December 22 birthday special
December 22 is the 356th day of the year, which means a December 22 birthday arrives with 9 days of the year still to go. It falls on the 1st day of Capricorn season — disciplined, ambitious and quietly funny. December 25 is among the rarest birthdays in the U.S. — while late December babies are famously overrepresented among pro athletes thanks to school-year age cutoffs.
What day of the week is December 22?
| Year | December 22 falls on |
|---|---|
| 2026 | Tuesday |
| 2027 | Wednesday |
| 2028 | Friday |
| 2029 | Saturday |
| 2030 | Sunday |
Quick answers
- How many days until December 22?
- There are 122 days until December 22, 2026. It falls on a Tuesday.
- What zodiac sign is December 22?
- People born on December 22 are Capricorn — typically disciplined, ambitious and quietly funny.
- What are the birthstone and birth flower for December 22?
- The December birthstone is Turquoise and the birth flower is the Narcissus.
- Which famous people were born on December 22?
- Famous December 22 birthdays include Giacomo Puccini, Ralph Fiennes, Meghan Trainor.