Biodynamic planting calendar September 8, 2026
Tuesday, September 8, 2026
Day type
Leaf day
Lettuce, spinach, cabbage, herbs — everything grown for its leaves.
Moon phase
Waning Moon
9 % · 369,366 km
- Moon in the constellation
- Cancer
- Element: Water
- 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
- Cancer
- No change — the Moon stays in the constellation Cancer all day.
In the sky
Upcoming sky events
- 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
- December 24, 2026, 01:28Supermoon