Biodynamic planting calendar August 13, 2026
Thursday, August 13, 2026
Day type
Fruit day
Tomatoes, beans, grain, fruit — everything that bears fruit.
Moon phase
New Moon
1 % · 369,613 km
- Moon in the constellation
- Leo
- Element: Warmth
- 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
- Leo
- No change — the Moon stays in the constellation Leo all day.
- Lunar node — unfavourable for sowing and planting.
Moon on this day
- 10:56Descending lunar node
In the sky
- 04:00Meteor shower peak: Perseids
Upcoming sky events
- 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
- November 22, 2026, 05:30Planetary parade