Biodynamic planting calendar October 8, 2029
Monday, October 8, 2029
Day type
Root day
Carrots, beetroot, potatoes, onions — everything that grows below ground.
Moon phase
New Moon
1 % · 357,742 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
- 12:34Perigee (closest to Earth)357,741 km
In the sky
- 21:00Meteor shower peak: Draconids
Upcoming sky events
- December 20, 2029, 22:42Total lunar eclipse
- January 3, 2030, 23:00Meteor shower peak: Quadrantids
- March 11, 2030, 18:26Lunar occultation
- May 17, 2030, 12:19Supermoon
- June 1, 2030, 07:28Annular solar eclipse