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Moon phase calendar May 1955

Day	Phase	Illum.	Age	Rise (Tokyo)	Set (Tokyo)
1 Sun	Waxing gibbous	70%	8.6	13:11	01:27
2 Mon	Waxing gibbous	79%	9.6	14:11	01:57
3 Tue	Waxing gibbous	87%	10.6	15:10	02:25
4 Wed	Waxing gibbous	93%	11.6	16:08	02:53
5 Thu	Full moon	97%	12.6	17:06	03:23
6 Fri	Full moon	99%	13.6	18:04	03:54
7 Sat	Full moon 07:13	100%	14.6	19:00	04:29
8 Sun	Full moon	99%	15.6	19:56	05:08
9 Mon	Waning gibbous	96%	16.6	20:48	05:51
10 Tue	Waning gibbous	91%	17.6	21:36	06:39
11 Wed	Waning gibbous	85%	18.6	22:19	07:32
12 Thu	Waning gibbous	78%	19.6	22:58	08:27
13 Fri	Last quarter	69%	20.6	23:33	09:25
14 Sat	Last quarter	60%	21.6	–	10:24
15 Sun	Last quarter 10:42	50%	22.6	00:05	11:24
16 Mon	Last quarter	39%	23.6	00:36	12:25
17 Tue	Waning crescent	29%	24.6	01:06	13:28
18 Wed	Waning crescent	19%	25.6	01:37	14:34
19 Thu	Waning crescent	11%	26.6	02:11	15:43
20 Fri	Waning crescent	5%	27.6	02:48	16:56
21 Sat	New moon	1%	28.6	03:32	18:09
22 Sun	New moon 05:58	0%	0.3	04:24	19:21
23 Mon	New moon	2%	1.3	05:24	20:27
24 Tue	Waxing crescent	8%	2.3	06:30	21:24
25 Wed	Waxing crescent	15%	3.3	07:41	22:12
26 Thu	Waxing crescent	24%	4.3	08:51	22:53
27 Fri	First quarter	35%	5.3	09:59	23:28
28 Sat	First quarter 23:01	45%	6.3	11:03	23:59
29 Sun	First quarter	56%	7.3	12:05	–
30 Mon	First quarter	66%	8.3	13:04	00:28
31 Tue	Waxing gibbous	75%	9.3	14:03	00:56

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 1955. Full moon: May 7 (404,537 km away).