Biodynamic planting calendar August 9, 2026
Sunday, August 9, 2026
Day type
Flower day
Flowers, broccoli, artichokes — everything that blooms.
Moon phase
Waning Moon
15 % · 363,969 km
- Moon in the constellation
- Gemini
- Element: Light
- Time shares: Taurus 576 minutes · Gemini 864 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
- 09:36TaurusGemini
Moon on this day
- 00:38Northern turning point — the Moon starts descending
In the sky
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