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Moon phase calendar May 1956

Day	Phase	Illum.	Age	Rise (Tokyo)	Set (Tokyo)
1 Tue	Last quarter	69%	20.0	23:39	09:22
2 Wed	Last quarter	60%	21.0	–	10:18
3 Thu	Last quarter 11:55	50%	22.0	00:14	11:13
4 Fri	Last quarter	40%	23.0	00:46	12:10
5 Sat	Waning crescent	31%	24.0	01:16	13:07
6 Sun	Waning crescent	22%	25.0	01:45	14:06
7 Mon	Waning crescent	14%	26.0	02:16	15:06
8 Tue	Waning crescent	8%	27.0	02:48	16:10
9 Wed	New moon	3%	28.0	03:24	17:15
10 Thu	New moon 22:04	0%	29.0	04:05	18:23
11 Fri	New moon	0%	0.6	04:52	19:30
12 Sat	New moon	4%	1.6	05:46	20:35
13 Sun	Waxing crescent	9%	2.6	06:47	21:33
14 Mon	Waxing crescent	17%	3.6	07:54	22:25
15 Tue	Waxing crescent	27%	4.6	09:03	23:10
16 Wed	First quarter	38%	5.6	10:11	23:49
17 Thu	First quarter 14:15	49%	6.6	11:19	–
18 Fri	First quarter	60%	7.6	12:24	00:25
19 Sat	Waxing gibbous	71%	8.6	13:28	00:58
20 Sun	Waxing gibbous	80%	9.6	14:30	01:31
21 Mon	Waxing gibbous	88%	10.6	15:32	02:03
22 Tue	Waxing gibbous	94%	11.6	16:33	02:38
23 Wed	Full moon	98%	12.6	17:32	03:15
24 Thu	Full moon	100%	13.6	18:30	03:55
25 Fri	Full moon 00:25	100%	14.6	19:24	04:40
26 Sat	Full moon	98%	15.6	20:13	05:28
27 Sun	Waning gibbous	94%	16.6	20:58	06:20
28 Mon	Waning gibbous	89%	17.6	21:37	07:14
29 Tue	Waning gibbous	82%	18.6	22:13	08:09
30 Wed	Waning gibbous	75%	19.6	22:45	09:04
31 Thu	Last quarter	66%	20.6	23:16	10:00

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 1956. Full moon: May 25 (398,309 km away).