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Moon phase calendar January 1956

Day	Phase	Illum.	Age	Rise (Tokyo)	Set (Tokyo)
1 Sun	Waning gibbous	87%	17.8	20:26	08:54
2 Mon	Waning gibbous	79%	18.8	21:33	09:29
3 Tue	Last quarter	69%	19.8	22:37	10:02
4 Wed	Last quarter	59%	20.8	23:39	10:34
5 Thu	Last quarter 07:40	48%	21.8	–	11:05
6 Fri	Last quarter	38%	22.8	00:39	11:38
7 Sat	Waning crescent	29%	23.8	01:38	12:13
8 Sun	Waning crescent	21%	24.8	02:35	12:52
9 Mon	Waning crescent	14%	25.8	03:31	13:35
10 Tue	Waning crescent	8%	26.8	04:23	14:22
11 Wed	New moon	4%	27.8	05:12	15:12
12 Thu	New moon	1%	28.8	05:56	16:06
13 Fri	New moon 12:00	0%	29.8	06:36	17:02
14 Sat	New moon	1%	1.0	07:12	17:58
15 Sun	New moon	4%	2.0	07:44	18:56
16 Mon	Waxing crescent	8%	3.0	08:15	19:53
17 Tue	Waxing crescent	14%	4.0	08:44	20:51
18 Wed	Waxing crescent	22%	5.0	09:13	21:49
19 Thu	First quarter	31%	6.0	09:43	22:50
20 Fri	First quarter	41%	7.0	10:15	23:52
21 Sat	First quarter 07:58	52%	8.0	10:50	–
22 Sun	First quarter	63%	9.0	11:32	00:57
23 Mon	Waxing gibbous	73%	10.0	12:21	02:04
24 Tue	Waxing gibbous	83%	11.0	13:18	03:10
25 Wed	Waxing gibbous	91%	12.0	14:23	04:13
26 Thu	Full moon	97%	13.0	15:34	05:10
27 Fri	Full moon 23:40	100%	14.0	16:47	06:01
28 Sat	Full moon	100%	15.0	18:00	06:44
29 Sun	Full moon	96%	16.0	19:10	07:23
30 Mon	Waning gibbous	91%	17.0	20:18	07:58
31 Tue	Waning gibbous	84%	18.0	21:23	08:32

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 January 1956. Full moon: Jan 27 (359,797 km away).