Biodynamic planting calendar May 9, 2027
Sunday, May 9, 2027
Day type
Root day
Carrots, beetroot, potatoes, onions — everything that grows below ground.
Moon phase
Waxing Moon
12 % · 366,704 km
- Moon in the constellation
- Taurus
- Element: Earth
- Time shares: Taurus 891 minutes · Gemini 549 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
- 14:51TaurusGemini
- Perigee — less favourable for sowing.
Moon on this day
- 02:38Northern turning point — the Moon starts descending
- 21:08Perigee (closest to Earth)366,629 km
In the sky
Upcoming sky events
- August 2, 2027, 11:07Total solar eclipse
- February 10, 2028, 15:04Supermoon
- October 21, 2028, 06:00Planetary parade
- October 30, 2028, 17:25Saturn’s rings edge-on
- November 10, 2028, 01:00Conjunction