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Moon phase calendar April 1956

Day	Phase	Illum.	Age	Rise (Tokyo)	Set (Tokyo)
1 Sun	Waning gibbous	70%	19.6	23:40	08:53
2 Mon	Last quarter	62%	20.6	–	09:44
3 Tue	Last quarter 17:05	52%	21.6	00:25	10:37
4 Wed	Last quarter	43%	22.6	01:06	11:32
5 Thu	Last quarter	34%	23.6	01:42	12:28
6 Fri	Waning crescent	25%	24.6	02:16	13:25
7 Sat	Waning crescent	17%	25.6	02:47	14:22
8 Sun	Waning crescent	10%	26.6	03:17	15:21
9 Mon	Waning crescent	5%	27.6	03:48	16:21
10 Tue	New moon	1%	28.6	04:19	17:23
11 Wed	New moon 11:38	0%	0.0	04:53	18:28
12 Thu	New moon	1%	1.0	05:30	19:34
13 Fri	Waxing crescent	5%	2.0	06:13	20:41
14 Sat	Waxing crescent	11%	3.0	07:02	21:45
15 Sun	Waxing crescent	20%	4.0	07:57	22:46
16 Mon	Waxing crescent	29%	5.0	08:59	23:41
17 Tue	First quarter	40%	6.0	10:04	–
18 Wed	First quarter 08:27	52%	7.0	11:12	00:29
19 Thu	First quarter	63%	8.0	12:19	01:11
20 Fri	Waxing gibbous	74%	9.0	13:25	01:48
21 Sat	Waxing gibbous	83%	10.0	14:31	02:23
22 Sun	Waxing gibbous	90%	11.0	15:35	02:56
23 Mon	Waxing gibbous	96%	12.0	16:38	03:29
24 Tue	Full moon	99%	13.0	17:41	04:02
25 Wed	Full moon 10:40	100%	14.0	18:42	04:38
26 Thu	Full moon	99%	15.0	19:42	05:17
27 Fri	Waning gibbous	96%	16.0	20:39	05:59
28 Sat	Waning gibbous	91%	17.0	21:31	06:46
29 Sun	Waning gibbous	85%	18.0	22:19	07:35
30 Mon	Waning gibbous	77%	19.0	23:01	08:28

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 April 1956. Full moon: Apr 25 (388,668 km away).