Gardening moon calendar – May 12, 2025
Royal Observatory (51°28′40″N 0°00′05″W GMT 0)May 12, 2025 Date: May 12, 2025 Day of the week: Monday Moon age: 15, 16 lunar day(-s) Moonrise: ↑ 8:05 pm Moonset: ↓ 3:36 am Moon Sign: Scorpio ♏ Element: Water Moon phase: FULL MOON at 4:58:06 pm Plant part: Leaf Days |
15 lunar day – until 8:05 pm
16 lunar day – from 8:05 pm
Moon position on May 12, 2025
On May 12 at 12:00 pm the Moon will be in the FULL MOON at 4:58:06 pm phase in the zodiacal constellation of Scorpio ♏, according to the calendar it is the 15 lunar day. The percentage of lunar illumination on this day is about 100%. Moonrise will occur at 8:05 pm and sunset at 3:36 am.
Influence and characteristics of the Moon on May 12, 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 15 lunar day (+).
Energy on this day is bubbling and often out of control. It is better to concentrate on loosening the soil, making beds, applying organic and mineral fertiliser and harvesting. If possible, avoid picking, pruning, cutting and grafting.
Current phase – FULL MOON at 4:58:06 pm (–).
Today the earth is saturated with lunar energy, but such oversaturation does not benefit plants - seeds and seedlings are not planted during a full moon. On this day you can be busy with weed control, weeding, thinning seedlings, perching and mulching beds. It is a good time to harvest your seeds and medicinal herbs. Salting and drying (but not pickling) harvested crops will also be successful. It is not a good time to prune trees and shrubs, graft or pinch plants.
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.
