Biodynamic planting calendar October 17, 2028
Tuesday, October 17, 2028
Day type
Root day
Carrots, beetroot, potatoes, onions — everything that grows below ground.
Moon phase
New Moon
1 % · 359,183 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.
- Perigee — less favourable for sowing.
Moon on this day
- 01:39Perigee (closest to Earth)359,014 km
In the sky
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