Biodynamic planting calendar May 5, 2028
Friday, May 5, 2028
Day type
Root day
Carrots, beetroot, potatoes, onions — everything that grows below ground.
Moon phase
Waxing Moon
85 % · 366,534 km
- Moon in the constellation
- Virgo
- Element: Earth
- Time shares: Leo 123 minutes · Virgo 1317 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
- 02:03LeoVirgo
- Perigee — less favourable for sowing.
Moon on this day
- 11:33Perigee (closest to Earth)366,534 km
In the sky
- 23:00Meteor shower peak: undefined
Upcoming sky events
- October 21, 2028, 06:00Planetary parade
- October 30, 2028, 17:25Saturn’s rings edge-on
- November 10, 2028, 01:00Conjunction
- December 14, 2028, 02:00Meteor shower peak: Geminids
- December 31, 2028, 16:52Total lunar eclipse