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Moon phase calendar August 1956

Day	Phase	Illum.	Age	Rise (Tokyo)	Set (Tokyo)
1 Wed	Last quarter	36%	23.9	23:57	13:37
2 Thu	Waning crescent	26%	24.9	–	14:40
3 Fri	Waning crescent	16%	25.9	00:53	15:41
4 Sat	Waning crescent	8%	26.9	01:57	16:37
5 Sun	New moon	3%	27.9	03:07	17:28
6 Mon	New moon 20:24	0%	28.9	04:20	18:12
7 Tue	New moon	1%	0.6	05:33	18:52
8 Wed	Waxing crescent	4%	1.6	06:45	19:29
9 Thu	Waxing crescent	10%	2.6	07:54	20:05
10 Fri	Waxing crescent	18%	3.6	09:02	20:40
11 Sat	Waxing crescent	28%	4.6	10:07	21:16
12 Sun	First quarter	38%	5.6	11:10	21:54
13 Mon	First quarter 17:44	48%	6.6	12:10	22:35
14 Tue	First quarter	58%	7.6	13:08	23:19
15 Wed	First quarter	67%	8.6	14:01	–
16 Thu	Waxing gibbous	76%	9.6	14:50	00:07
17 Fri	Waxing gibbous	83%	10.6	15:35	00:58
18 Sat	Waxing gibbous	90%	11.6	16:15	01:51
19 Sun	Waxing gibbous	95%	12.6	16:51	02:46
20 Mon	Full moon	98%	13.6	17:24	03:41
21 Tue	Full moon 21:37	100%	14.6	17:54	04:37
22 Wed	Full moon	100%	15.6	18:24	05:33
23 Thu	Full moon	97%	16.6	18:53	06:30
24 Fri	Waning gibbous	94%	17.6	19:23	07:27
25 Sat	Waning gibbous	88%	18.6	19:55	08:25
26 Sun	Waning gibbous	80%	19.6	20:29	09:24
27 Mon	Waning gibbous	72%	20.6	21:08	10:25
28 Tue	Last quarter	62%	21.6	21:53	11:27
29 Wed	Last quarter 13:12	51%	22.6	22:45	12:29
30 Thu	Last quarter	40%	23.6	23:43	13:29
31 Fri	Waning crescent	29%	24.6	–	14:25

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 August 1956. Full moon: Aug 21 (402,928 km away).