Biodynamic planting calendar May 11, 2023
Thursday, May 11, 2023
Day type
Root day
Carrots, beetroot, potatoes, onions — everything that grows below ground.
Moon phase
Waning Moon
63 % · 369,361 km
- Moon in the constellation
- Capricorn
- Element: Earth
- Time shares: Sagittarius 184 minutes · Capricorn 1256 minutes
- Moon’s path
- ascending
- The Moon is ascending: time for harvesting, grafting and cut flowers.
- The path is the arc, not the light: ascending does not mean waxing.
- Constellation change
- 03:04SagittariusCapricorn
- Perigee — less favourable for sowing.
Moon on this day
- 06:10Perigee (closest to Earth)369,343 km
In the sky
No event data is available for this date yet.
Upcoming sky events
- August 12, 2026, 18:46Total solar eclipse
- August 13, 2026, 04:00Meteor shower peak: Perseids
- August 28, 2026, 05:13Partial lunar eclipse
- September 14, 2026, 10:37Lunar occultation
- November 10, 2026, 00:00Conjunction
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