Biodynamic planting calendar November 17, 2026
Tuesday, November 17, 2026
Day type
Root day
Carrots, beetroot, potatoes, onions — everything that grows below ground.
Moon phase
Waxing Moon
50 % · 397,485 km
- Moon in the constellation
- Capricorn
- Element: Earth
- Time shares: Capricorn 1029 minutes · Aquarius 411 minutes
- Moon’s path
- ascending
- The Moon is ascending: time for harvesting, grafting and cut flowers.
- The path is the arc, not the light: ascending does not mean waxing.
- Constellation change
- 17:09CapricornAquarius
- Lunar node — unfavourable for sowing and planting.
Moon on this day
- 11:47First quarter
- 11:47Ascending lunar node
In the sky
- 23:45Meteor shower peak: Leonids
Upcoming sky events
- 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
- January 22, 2027, 12:17Supermoon