Gardening moon calendar – October 4, 2021

Royal Observatory (51°28′40″N 0°00′05″W GMT 0)

October 4, 2021

Virgo

Moon 4 October
Waning Crescent
Illumination: 6%

Date: October 4, 2021

Day of the week: Monday

Moon age: 27, 28 lunar day(-s)

Moonrise: ↑ 2:59 am

Moonset:   ↓ 5:17 pm

Moon Sign: Virgo ♍

Element: Earth

Moon phase: Waning Crescent

Plant part: Root Days

27 lunar day – until 2:59 am
28 lunar day – from 2:59 am

Moon position on October 4, 2021

On October 4 at 12:00 pm the Moon will be in the Waning Crescent phase in the zodiacal constellation of Virgo ♍, according to the calendar it is the 28 lunar day. The percentage of lunar illumination on this day is about 6%. Moonrise will occur at 2:59 am and sunset at 5:17 pm.

Influence and characteristics of the Moon on October 4, 2021

At midday, the Moon is in the Virgo ♍ (±).

Virgo is a sign of low fertility. Seeds sown will develop well and produce plants with a well-developed root system, but the final harvest will be rather mediocre. It is believed that in Virgo, work related to harvesting, transplanting, dividing and pruning of various crops will be successful. This is also a good time for watering, fertilising and preparing medicinal herbs. Soaking and sowing of vegetable seeds should not be done on this day. The exception is soon-to-ripen greens and radishes.

The middle of the day falls on the 28 lunar day (±).

Fertilise the soil, feed the plants, sow crops that produce underground. Refrain from pruning and especially from uprooting bushes and trees. Watering on this day should be moderate. Try not to traumatise the roots.

Current phase – Waning Crescent (±).

The moon is waning, which means that the active energy is beginning to flow into the lower part of the plants. This is a good time to sow crops that produce underground. The high sensitivity of the roots at this time imposes certain restrictions on careless manipulation with them. Pest control, weeding, thinning out of seedlings, pruning of shoots and whiskers, fertilisation with organic substances can be carried out strictly under the roots. It is a good time to harvest, as the fruit will keep longer.

Influence of the day of the week – Monday (±).

Monday is favoured by the Moon, so rely more on your intuition. Do what your inner voice tells you to do, trust it completely today. If it tells you to weed all the ridges, well, you'll have to do that tedious job, and if it asks you to limit yourself to watering the plants under your control, then you won't have to do anything else.

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