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Moon phase calendar December 1956

Day	Phase	Illum.	Age	Rise (Tokyo)	Set (Tokyo)
1 Sat	New moon	2%	28.4	05:13	15:38
2 Sun	New moon 17:12	0%	29.4	06:11	16:25
3 Mon	New moon	1%	0.8	07:05	17:16
4 Tue	New moon	3%	1.8	07:54	18:09
5 Wed	Waxing crescent	8%	2.8	08:38	19:04
6 Thu	Waxing crescent	13%	3.8	09:17	20:00
7 Fri	Waxing crescent	20%	4.8	09:52	20:55
8 Sat	Waxing crescent	28%	5.8	10:24	21:50
9 Sun	First quarter	37%	6.8	10:54	22:45
10 Mon	First quarter 20:50	47%	7.8	11:23	23:40
11 Tue	First quarter	56%	8.8	11:53	–
12 Wed	First quarter	66%	9.8	12:23	00:36
13 Thu	Waxing gibbous	75%	10.8	12:56	01:35
14 Fri	Waxing gibbous	84%	11.8	13:34	02:35
15 Sat	Waxing gibbous	91%	12.8	14:17	03:38
16 Sun	Full moon	96%	13.8	15:07	04:43
17 Mon	Full moon	99%	14.8	16:04	05:47
18 Tue	Full moon 04:06	100%	15.8	17:09	06:47
19 Wed	Full moon	97%	16.8	18:18	07:43
20 Thu	Waning gibbous	92%	17.8	19:29	08:32
21 Fri	Waning gibbous	85%	18.8	20:39	09:16
22 Sat	Waning gibbous	75%	19.8	21:48	09:55
23 Sun	Last quarter	65%	20.8	22:55	10:31
24 Mon	Last quarter 19:09	54%	21.8	–	11:06
25 Tue	Last quarter	42%	22.8	00:00	11:40
26 Wed	Last quarter	32%	23.8	01:03	12:16
27 Thu	Waning crescent	23%	24.8	02:05	12:54
28 Fri	Waning crescent	15%	25.8	03:06	13:36
29 Sat	Waning crescent	8%	26.8	04:04	14:21
30 Sun	New moon	4%	27.8	04:59	15:10
31 Mon	New moon	1%	28.8	05:50	16:02

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 December 1956. Full moon: Dec 18 (363,729 km away).