Biodynamic planting calendar May 1, 2026
Friday, May 1, 2026
Day type
Root day
Carrots, beetroot, potatoes, onions — everything that grows below ground.
Moon phase
Full Moon
100 % · 401,408 km
- Moon in the constellation
- Virgo
- Element: Earth
- Time shares: Virgo 727 minutes · Libra 713 minutes
- Moon’s path
- descending
- The Moon is descending: time for planting, transplanting, pruning and compost.
- The path is the arc, not the light: ascending does not mean waxing.
- Constellation change
- 12:07VirgoLibra
Moon on this day
- 18:24Full Moon
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