Biodynamic planting calendar August 10, 2026
Monday, August 10, 2026
Day type
Flower day
Flowers, broccoli, artichokes — everything that blooms.
Moon phase
Waning Moon
7 % · 363,285 km
- Moon in the constellation
- Gemini
- Element: Light
- 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
- Gemini
- No change — the Moon stays in the constellation Gemini all day.
- Perigee — less favourable for sowing.
Moon on this day
- 12:17Perigee (closest to Earth)363,285 km
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