Gardening moon calendar – March 17, 2025 for Charlotte

Charlotte, North Carolina (35°13′37″N 80°50′36″W GMT -4)

March 17, 2025

Scorpio

Moon 17 March
Waning Gibbous
Illumination: 92%

Date: March 17, 2025

Day of the week: Monday

Moon age: 18, 19 lunar day(-s)

Moonrise: ↑ 10:56 pm

Moonset:   ↓ 8:54 am

Moon Sign: Libra ♎ and Scorpio ♏ (from 3:23 am)

Element: Air | Water

Moon phase: Waning Gibbous

Plant part: Flower Days | Leaf Days

18 lunar day – until 10:56 pm
19 lunar day – from 10:56 pm

Moon position on March 17, 2025

On March 17 at 12:00 pm the Moon will be in the Waning Gibbous phase in the zodiacal constellation of Scorpio ♏, according to the calendar it is the 18 lunar day. The percentage of lunar illumination on this day is about 92%. Moonrise will occur at 10:56 pm and sunset at 8:54 am.

Influence and characteristics of the Moon on March 17, 2025

At midday, the Moon is in the Scorpio ♏ (+).

A very fertile sign, second only to Cancer in strength. But unlike the latter, plants planted during these days have a stronger stem, and the fruits collected from them are perfectly stored and can be used to obtain quality seeds. When the moon is in Scorpio, soaking and sowing seeds, grafting, watering and feeding plants are favourable. Do not do work such as transplanting, root division, deep loosening and weeding, pruning and pinching.

The middle of the day falls on the 18 lunar day (±).

Beginning of active saturation of the root zone of plants. Sowing root crops and plants that will produce the main crop underground. From this day you can finally start pruning, grazing, picking and pinching again. A good time for grafting. Weeding and thinning of seedlings is still important, but deep loosening of the soil and heavy watering should be avoided.

Current phase – Waning Gibbous (±).

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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