Gardening moon calendar – December 20, 2025

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

December 20, 2025

Capricorn

Moon 20 December
NEW MOON at 01:44:24
Illumination: 0%

Date: December 20, 2025

Day of the week: Saturday

Moon age: 30, 1, 2 lunar day(-s)

Moonrise: ↑ 09:01

Moonset:   ↓ 15:39

Moon Sign: Sagittarius ♐ and Capricorn ♑ (from 04:59)

Element: Fire | Earth (from 04:59)

Moon phase: NEW MOON at 01:44:24

Plant part: Fruit Days | Root Days (from 04:59)

30 lunar day – until 01:44
1 lunar day – from 01:44 until 09:01
2 lunar day – from 09:01

Moon position on December 20, 2025

On December 20 at 12:00 pm the Moon will be in the NEW MOON at 01:44:24 phase in the zodiacal constellation of Capricorn ♑, according to the calendar it is the 2 lunar day. The percentage of lunar illumination on this day is about 0%. Moonrise will occur at 09:01 and sunset at 15:39.

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Tilling, soil loosening, earthing up, replacing potting soil
Home preserving (canning, marinating, pickling, sauerkraut making, jam making)
Seed soaking
Pest and disease control
Pruning, crown shaping, pinching, and suckering
Transplanting, pricking out, root division, rooting
Organic and mineral fertilizers
Watering, spraying
Planting trees and shrubs
Planting annuals, herbs, and vegetable seedlings with above-ground fruits (such as cucumbers, zucchini, pumpkins, squash, cabbage, tomatoes, eggplants, peppers, and beans)
Planting root vegetables (potatoes, beets, carrots, horseradish, daikon radish, radishes, turnips, Jerusalem artichokes, etc.) and bulbous plants
Grafting, budding, rooting cuttings
Weeding and thinning seedlings, stump removal
Harvesting tops
Digging up bulbs and tubers
Collecting and preparing medicinal herbs
Collecting seeds and fruits for seed saving
Cutting flowers
Laying turf
Digging a well
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