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Moon phase calendar May 1959

Day	Phase	Illum.	Age	Rise (Tokyo)	Set (Tokyo)
1 Fri	Last quarter	37%	23.0	01:04	12:26
2 Sat	Waning crescent	28%	24.0	01:40	13:23
3 Sun	Waning crescent	19%	25.0	02:14	14:20
4 Mon	Waning crescent	12%	26.0	02:46	15:15
5 Tue	Waning crescent	6%	27.0	03:18	16:10
6 Wed	New moon	3%	28.0	03:51	17:04
7 Thu	New moon	0%	29.0	04:24	17:58
8 Fri	New moon 05:11	0%	0.3	05:00	18:51
9 Sat	New moon	2%	1.3	05:38	19:43
10 Sun	Waxing crescent	5%	2.3	06:20	20:34
11 Mon	Waxing crescent	10%	3.3	07:05	21:23
12 Tue	Waxing crescent	16%	4.3	07:54	22:09
13 Wed	Waxing crescent	24%	5.3	08:46	22:52
14 Thu	First quarter	33%	6.3	09:41	23:33
15 Fri	First quarter	43%	7.3	10:39	–
16 Sat	First quarter 05:08	53%	8.3	11:39	00:11
17 Sun	First quarter	64%	9.3	12:41	00:49
18 Mon	Waxing gibbous	74%	10.3	13:45	01:26
19 Tue	Waxing gibbous	84%	11.3	14:51	02:03
20 Wed	Waxing gibbous	91%	12.3	16:00	02:43
21 Thu	Full moon	97%	13.3	17:11	03:26
22 Fri	Full moon 21:55	100%	14.3	18:21	04:14
23 Sat	Full moon	99%	15.3	19:29	05:07
24 Sun	Waning gibbous	96%	16.3	20:32	06:04
25 Mon	Waning gibbous	90%	17.3	21:29	07:06
26 Tue	Waning gibbous	82%	18.3	22:19	08:10
27 Wed	Waning gibbous	73%	19.3	23:02	09:14
28 Thu	Last quarter	63%	20.3	23:41	10:16
29 Fri	Last quarter 17:13	52%	21.3	–	11:16
30 Sat	Last quarter	42%	22.3	00:16	12:13
31 Sun	Last quarter	33%	23.3	00:49	13:10

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 1959. Full moon: May 22 (357,257 km away).