Biodynamic planting calendar October 5, 2026
Monday, October 5, 2026
Day type
Leaf day
Lettuce, spinach, cabbage, herbs — everything grown for its leaves.
Moon phase
Waning Moon
29 % · 372,687 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
- November 10, 2026, 00:00Conjunction
- November 22, 2026, 05:30Planetary parade
- December 14, 2026, 14:00Meteor shower peak: Geminids
- December 24, 2026, 01:28Supermoon
- January 4, 2027, 03:25Meteor shower peak: Quadrantids