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Moon phase calendar August 1959

Day	Phase	Illum.	Age	Rise (Tokyo)	Set (Tokyo)
1 Sat	Waning crescent	12%	26.0	01:41	15:58
2 Sun	Waning crescent	6%	27.0	02:30	16:46
3 Mon	New moon	2%	28.0	03:23	17:30
4 Tue	New moon 23:33	0%	29.0	04:19	18:12
5 Wed	New moon	0%	0.5	05:17	18:52
6 Thu	New moon	3%	1.5	06:18	19:30
7 Fri	Waxing crescent	7%	2.5	07:19	20:07
8 Sat	Waxing crescent	14%	3.5	08:22	20:43
9 Sun	Waxing crescent	22%	4.5	09:25	21:21
10 Mon	First quarter	32%	5.5	10:29	22:00
11 Tue	First quarter	43%	6.5	11:34	22:43
12 Wed	First quarter 02:09	55%	7.5	12:40	23:30
13 Thu	First quarter	66%	8.5	13:44	–
14 Fri	Waxing gibbous	76%	9.5	14:45	00:22
15 Sat	Waxing gibbous	86%	10.5	15:43	01:18
16 Sun	Waxing gibbous	93%	11.5	16:35	02:19
17 Mon	Full moon	97%	12.5	17:22	03:22
18 Tue	Full moon 21:50	100%	13.5	18:05	04:26
19 Wed	Full moon	100%	14.5	18:43	05:30
20 Thu	Full moon	97%	15.5	19:19	06:31
21 Fri	Waning gibbous	93%	16.5	19:53	07:31
22 Sat	Waning gibbous	86%	17.5	20:27	08:29
23 Sun	Waning gibbous	79%	18.5	21:00	09:26
24 Mon	Waning gibbous	71%	19.5	21:35	10:21
25 Tue	Last quarter	62%	20.5	22:12	11:15
26 Wed	Last quarter 17:02	52%	21.5	22:52	12:08
27 Thu	Last quarter	43%	22.5	23:35	13:00
28 Fri	Last quarter	33%	23.5	–	13:50
29 Sat	Waning crescent	25%	24.5	00:22	14:38
30 Sun	Waning crescent	17%	25.5	01:13	15:24
31 Mon	Waning crescent	10%	26.5	02:07	16:07

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 1959. Full moon: Aug 18 (378,452 km away).