Biodynamic planting calendar August 2, 2027
Monday, August 2, 2027
Day type
Leaf day
Lettuce, spinach, cabbage, herbs — everything grown for its leaves.
Moon phase
New Moon
0 % · 357,400 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.
- Lunar node — unfavourable for sowing and planting.
- Perigee — less favourable for sowing.
Moon on this day
- 07:25Perigee (closest to Earth)357,364 km
- 11:05New Moon
- 13:34Descending lunar node
In the sky
- 11:07Total solar eclipse
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