Biodynamic planting calendar October 9, 2026
Friday, October 9, 2026
Day type
Root day
Carrots, beetroot, potatoes, onions — everything that grows below ground.
Moon phase
New Moon
2 % · 383,242 km
- Moon in the constellation
- Virgo
- Element: Earth
- 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
- Virgo
- No change — the Moon stays in the constellation Virgo all day.
In the sky
- 02:00Meteor shower peak: Draconids
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