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Moon phase calendar May 1953

Day	Phase	Illum.	Age	Rise (Tokyo)	Set (Tokyo)
1 Fri	Waning gibbous	96%	17.3	20:49	05:36
2 Sat	Waning gibbous	91%	18.3	21:49	06:24
3 Sun	Waning gibbous	84%	19.3	22:43	07:20
4 Mon	Waning gibbous	75%	20.3	23:31	08:23
5 Tue	Last quarter	66%	21.3	–	09:31
6 Wed	Last quarter 21:20	55%	22.3	00:12	10:40
7 Thu	Last quarter	43%	23.3	00:48	11:50
8 Fri	Last quarter	32%	24.3	01:20	13:00
9 Sat	Waning crescent	22%	25.3	01:50	14:09
10 Sun	Waning crescent	13%	26.3	02:19	15:19
11 Mon	Waning crescent	6%	27.3	02:51	16:31
12 Tue	New moon	2%	28.3	03:25	17:44
13 Wed	New moon 14:05	0%	29.3	04:04	18:56
14 Thu	New moon	1%	0.9	04:50	20:04
15 Fri	Waxing crescent	5%	1.9	05:42	21:06
16 Sat	Waxing crescent	10%	2.9	06:41	21:58
17 Sun	Waxing crescent	17%	3.9	07:43	22:42
18 Mon	Waxing crescent	26%	4.9	08:45	23:19
19 Tue	First quarter	35%	5.9	09:47	23:50
20 Wed	First quarter	44%	6.9	10:46	–
21 Thu	First quarter 03:19	54%	7.9	11:43	00:17
22 Fri	First quarter	63%	8.9	12:39	00:41
23 Sat	Waxing gibbous	72%	9.9	13:35	01:05
24 Sun	Waxing gibbous	80%	10.9	14:32	01:29
25 Mon	Waxing gibbous	87%	11.9	15:30	01:54
26 Tue	Waxing gibbous	93%	12.9	16:31	02:22
27 Wed	Full moon	97%	13.9	17:34	02:54
28 Thu	Full moon	100%	14.9	18:38	03:32
29 Fri	Full moon 02:02	100%	15.9	19:40	04:18
30 Sat	Full moon	98%	16.9	20:38	05:12
31 Sun	Waning gibbous	93%	17.9	21:28	06:14

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 1953. Full moon: May 29 (385,570 km away).