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Moon phase calendar December 1959

Day	Phase	Illum.	Age	Rise (Tokyo)	Set (Tokyo)
1 Tue	New moon	1%	0.8	07:00	17:37
2 Wed	Waxing crescent	5%	1.8	08:05	18:39
3 Thu	Waxing crescent	11%	2.8	09:03	19:45
4 Fri	Waxing crescent	20%	3.8	09:55	20:50
5 Sat	Waxing crescent	30%	4.8	10:40	21:54
6 Sun	First quarter	40%	5.8	11:20	22:56
7 Mon	First quarter 11:11	50%	6.8	11:56	23:56
8 Tue	First quarter	61%	7.8	12:30	–
9 Wed	Waxing gibbous	70%	8.8	13:03	00:53
10 Thu	Waxing gibbous	78%	9.8	13:36	01:50
11 Fri	Waxing gibbous	86%	10.8	14:09	02:45
12 Sat	Waxing gibbous	92%	11.8	14:45	03:39
13 Sun	Full moon	96%	12.8	15:23	04:33
14 Mon	Full moon	99%	13.8	16:04	05:25
15 Tue	Full moon 13:48	100%	14.8	16:48	06:16
16 Wed	Full moon	99%	15.8	17:36	07:05
17 Thu	Full moon	96%	16.8	18:26	07:51
18 Fri	Waning gibbous	92%	17.8	19:20	08:34
19 Sat	Waning gibbous	86%	18.8	20:15	09:14
20 Sun	Waning gibbous	79%	19.8	21:11	09:52
21 Mon	Waning gibbous	70%	20.8	22:09	10:28
22 Tue	Last quarter	61%	21.8	23:08	11:03
23 Wed	Last quarter 12:27	50%	22.8	–	11:37
24 Thu	Last quarter	40%	23.8	00:09	12:14
25 Fri	Waning crescent	29%	24.8	01:13	12:52
26 Sat	Waning crescent	19%	25.8	02:19	13:34
27 Sun	Waning crescent	11%	26.8	03:26	14:22
28 Mon	Waning crescent	4%	27.8	04:35	15:16
29 Tue	New moon	1%	28.8	05:41	16:16
30 Wed	New moon 04:08	0%	0.3	06:44	17:21
31 Thu	New moon	3%	1.3	07:41	18:28

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 1959. Full moon: Dec 15 (406,213 km away).