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Moon phase calendar May 1951

Day	Phase	Illum.	Age	Rise (Tokyo)	Set (Tokyo)
1 Tue	Waning crescent	23%	24.7	02:16	13:47
2 Wed	Waning crescent	15%	25.7	02:41	14:50
3 Thu	Waning crescent	8%	26.7	03:05	15:51
4 Fri	New moon	4%	27.7	03:29	16:51
5 Sat	New moon	1%	28.7	03:55	17:52
6 Sun	New moon 11:35	0%	0.0	05:23	19:54
7 Mon	New moon	1%	1.0	05:56	20:55
8 Tue	New moon	4%	2.0	06:33	21:54
9 Wed	Waxing crescent	8%	3.0	07:17	22:49
10 Thu	Waxing crescent	14%	4.0	08:07	23:38
11 Fri	Waxing crescent	22%	5.0	09:02	–
12 Sat	Waxing crescent	30%	6.0	10:01	00:21
13 Sun	First quarter	39%	7.0	11:02	00:58
14 Mon	First quarter 15:31	49%	8.0	12:04	01:29
15 Tue	First quarter	59%	9.0	13:06	01:57
16 Wed	First quarter	69%	10.0	14:08	02:23
17 Thu	Waxing gibbous	78%	11.0	15:12	02:49
18 Fri	Waxing gibbous	86%	12.0	16:20	03:14
19 Sat	Waxing gibbous	93%	13.0	17:31	03:43
20 Sun	Full moon	98%	14.0	18:46	04:15
21 Mon	Full moon 15:44	100%	15.0	20:05	04:55
22 Tue	Full moon	99%	16.0	21:21	05:44
23 Wed	Waning gibbous	95%	17.0	22:29	06:44
24 Thu	Waning gibbous	88%	18.0	23:26	07:53
25 Fri	Waning gibbous	79%	19.0	–	09:08
26 Sat	Last quarter	69%	20.0	00:12	10:23
27 Sun	Last quarter	58%	21.0	00:49	11:34
28 Mon	Last quarter 06:16	48%	22.0	01:19	12:40
29 Tue	Last quarter	37%	23.0	01:45	13:44
30 Wed	Waning crescent	27%	24.0	02:10	14:45
31 Thu	Waning crescent	19%	25.0	02:34	15:45

Computed with the JPL DE421 ephemeris and Skyfield (JST). Illumination and age are for 12:00 JST; moonrise and moonset are for Tokyo. Distances are centre to centre. "Supermoon" is not a formal astronomical term.

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Daily moon phase, illumination, age and Tokyo moonrise/moonset for May 1951. Full moon: May 21 (359,218 km away).