Biodynamic planting calendar August 20, 2026
Thursday, August 20, 2026
Day type
Flower day
Flowers, broccoli, artichokes — everything that blooms.
Moon phase
Waxing Moon
53 % · 402,442 km
- Moon in the constellation
- Libra
- Element: Light
- Time shares: Libra 740 minutes · Scorpio 700 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
- 12:20LibraScorpio
Moon on this day
- 03:46First quarter
In the sky
Upcoming sky events
- August 28, 2026, 05:13Partial lunar eclipse
- September 14, 2026, 10:37Lunar occultation
- November 10, 2026, 00:00Conjunction
- November 22, 2026, 05:30Planetary parade
- December 14, 2026, 14:00Meteor shower peak: Geminids