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May 9th – Best Day to …
Moon’s Astrological Place in the Zodiac
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May 09
Libra
Balance Reins
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May 10
Scorpio
Scorpion Secrets
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May 11
Scorpio
Scorpion Secrets
Gardening Calendar
May 8th
– May 9th
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Favorable time for sowing hay, fodder crops, and grains. Plant flowers. Excellent time for planting corn, beans, peppers, and other aboveground crops.

Current Moon Phase
Waxing Gibbous
80% of Full
United States
May 9th
Northeast & New England
Fair weather.
Great Lakes, Ohio Valley & Midwest
Fair Great Lakes and points east.
Southeast U.S.
Pleasant.
North Central U.S.
Fair skies, then becoming very unsettled Rockies, Plains states.
South Central U.S.
Becoming very unsettled for Rockies, Plains.
Northwest U.S.
Changeable skies; mixed sun and clouds, risk of a shower.
Southwest U.S.
Varying amounts of clouds and sun.
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