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Lunar planting calendar for December 2026

When to sow, plant, prune and harvest: favourable and unfavourable days by the Moon's phase and sign. Moscow time.

Main phases this month

Calculated from ephemerides; Moscow time (UTC+3).

The Moon day by day

Garden: "plant" — favourable for sowing, "okay" — neutral, "tend" — no sowing, weeding and harvesting only, "rest" — new or full moon. ↑ waxing Moon — above-ground crops, ↓ waning — root crops and bulbs.

  1. 1Tue
    Last quarter 09:09 Virgo Garden: tend
  2. 2Wed
    Last quarter, 38% Virgo → Libra 23:03 VoC 12:10–23:03 Garden: tend
  3. 3Thu
    Waning crescent, 28% Libra Garden: okay ↓
  4. 4Fri
    Waning crescent, 20% Libra Garden: okay ↓
  5. 5Sat
    Waning crescent, 12% Libra → Scorpio 07:34 VoC 01:40–07:34 Garden: plant ↓
  6. 6Sun
    Waning crescent, 7% Scorpio Garden: plant ↓
  7. 7Mon
    New moon, 3% Scorpio → Sagittarius 18:06 VoC 12:07–18:06 Garden: plant ↓
  8. 8Tue
    New moon, 0% Sagittarius Garden: rest
  9. 9Wed
    New moon 03:52 Sagittarius Garden: rest
  10. 10Thu
    New moon, 2% Sagittarius → Capricorn 06:08 VoC 00:06–06:08, from 22:12 Garden: okay ↑
  11. 11Fri
    Waxing crescent, 5% Capricorn VoC all day Garden: okay ↑
  12. 12Sat
    Waxing crescent, 10% Capricorn → Aquarius 19:05 VoC until 19:05 Garden: okay ↑
  13. 13Sun
    Waxing crescent, 16% Aquarius Garden: tend
  14. 14Mon
    Waxing crescent, 23% Aquarius Garden: tend
  15. 15Tue
    First quarter, 32% Aquarius → Pisces 07:35 VoC 01:39–07:35 Garden: plant ↑
  16. 16Wed
    First quarter, 41% Pisces Garden: plant ↑
  17. 17Thu
    First quarter 08:43 Pisces → Aries 17:34 VoC 08:42–17:34 Garden: plant ↑
  18. 18Fri
    First quarter, 62% Aries Garden: tend
  19. 19Sat
    Waxing gibbous, 72% Aries → Taurus 23:29 VoC 19:39–23:29 Garden: tend
  20. 20Sun
    Waxing gibbous, 81% Taurus Garden: plant ↑
  21. 21Mon
    Waxing gibbous, 90% Taurus VoC from 20:26 Garden: plant ↑
  22. 22Tue
    Waxing gibbous, 96% Taurus → Gemini 01:27 VoC until 01:27 Garden: tend
  23. 23Wed
    Full moon, 99% Gemini VoC from 20:00 Garden: rest
  24. 24Thu
    Full moon 04:28 Gemini → Cancer 00:58 VoC until 00:58 Garden: rest
  25. 25Fri
    Full moon, 97% Cancer VoC from 03:09 Garden: plant ↓
  26. 26Sat
    Waning gibbous, 92% Cancer → Leo 00:12 VoC until 00:12 Garden: tend
  27. 27Sun
    Waning gibbous, 84% Leo VoC from 19:38 Garden: tend
  28. 28Mon
    Waning gibbous, 75% Leo → Virgo 01:12 VoC until 01:12 Garden: tend
  29. 29Tue
    Last quarter, 65% Virgo VoC from 13:17 Garden: tend
  30. 30Wed
    Last quarter 22:00 Virgo → Libra 05:26 VoC until 05:26 Garden: okay ↓
  31. 31Thu
    Last quarter, 44% Libra Garden: okay ↓

Garden work by Moon phase

  • New moon

    Plants rest: don't sow or transplant. Good for weeding, loosening the soil and planning.

  • Waxing crescent

    Time for what grows upwards: sow greens, lettuce, cabbage, legumes. Grafts and cuttings take well.

  • First quarter

    Active growth: sow and plant above-ground crops — tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, courgettes, flowers. Foliar feeding.

  • Waxing gibbous

    Sap rises: fruit and berry crops, transplanting seedlings, watering and feeding. Postpone pruning.

  • Full moon

    Don't sow, transplant or prune. Good for harvesting juicy fruit and herbs, weeding, mulching.

  • Waning gibbous

    Sap goes down to the roots: plant root crops, potatoes, onions, garlic and bulbs. Root feeding, harvesting for storage.

  • Last quarter

    Prune trees and shrubs, thin out, deal with pests. Good for planting root crops and perennials.

  • Waning crescent

    Finishing work: tidying the plot, compost, weeding, preserving. Leave new sowing until after the new moon.

Fertility of the Moon's signs

  • Moon in Aries barren

    Barren sign: don't sow. Weeding, loosening soil, pest control, harvesting.

  • Moon in Taurus fertile

    Fertile sign: root crops, potatoes, perennials, planting trees and shrubs.

  • Moon in Gemini barren

    Barren sign: weeding, loosening soil, tying up climbers, harvesting.

  • Moon in Cancer very fertile

    The most fertile sign: sow and plant almost anything, especially greens, cabbage and squash. Watering.

  • Moon in Leo barren

    Barren sign: harvest crops and seeds, dry herbs, weed. Skip watering.

  • Moon in Virgo low fertility

    Low-fertility sign: flowers and ornamentals, pricking out, transplanting. Don't sow seeds for harvest.

  • Moon in Libra medium fertility

    Medium-fertility sign: flowers, legumes, fruit trees, climbing plants.

  • Moon in Scorpio very fertile

    Very fertile sign: sowing and planting, grafting, tomatoes, peppers, melons. Seeds sprout strongly.

  • Moon in Sagittarius low fertility

    Low-fertility sign: onions, garlic, peppers, seed collecting. Good for weeding and preserving.

  • Moon in Capricorn medium fertility

    Medium-fertility sign: root crops, onions, garlic, planting for storage, grafting and pruning.

  • Moon in Aquarius barren

    Barren sign: don't plant or water. Weeding, pruning, pest control, harvesting.

  • Moon in Pisces very fertile

    Fertile sign: planting, watering, feeding; greens, cabbage, cucumbers, radishes.

During void-of-course hours: don't sow or transplant — water, weed and tidy instead.

These are traditional lunar-calendar rules — for inspiration and planning. Weather, good gardening practice and your skin's condition matter more; cosmetic and medical procedures should follow a specialist's advice.