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Moon phase calendar December 1961

Day	Phase	Illum.	Age	Rise (Tokyo)	Set (Tokyo)
1 Fri	Last quarter	42%	22.7	–	12:42
2 Sat	Last quarter	33%	23.7	00:30	13:13
3 Sun	Waning crescent	24%	24.7	01:25	13:43
4 Mon	Waning crescent	16%	25.7	02:21	14:15
5 Tue	Waning crescent	10%	26.7	03:19	14:49
6 Wed	Waning crescent	4%	27.7	04:19	15:26
7 Thu	New moon	1%	28.7	05:21	16:08
8 Fri	New moon 08:51	0%	0.1	06:24	16:56
9 Sat	New moon	2%	1.1	07:26	17:50
10 Sun	Waxing crescent	6%	2.1	08:25	18:50
11 Mon	Waxing crescent	12%	3.1	09:20	19:54
12 Tue	Waxing crescent	21%	4.1	10:10	21:00
13 Wed	First quarter	31%	5.1	10:55	22:07
14 Thu	First quarter	42%	6.1	11:35	23:13
15 Fri	First quarter 05:05	53%	7.1	12:13	–
16 Sat	First quarter	64%	8.1	12:49	00:19
17 Sun	Waxing gibbous	75%	9.1	13:24	01:24
18 Mon	Waxing gibbous	84%	10.1	14:01	02:28
19 Tue	Waxing gibbous	91%	11.1	14:40	03:31
20 Wed	Waxing gibbous	96%	12.1	15:22	04:33
21 Thu	Full moon	99%	13.1	16:07	05:34
22 Fri	Full moon 09:41	100%	14.1	16:55	06:31
23 Sat	Full moon	99%	15.1	17:47	07:24
24 Sun	Waning gibbous	96%	16.1	18:41	08:12
25 Mon	Waning gibbous	91%	17.1	19:35	08:56
26 Tue	Waning gibbous	85%	18.1	20:30	09:35
27 Wed	Waning gibbous	77%	19.1	21:25	10:10
28 Thu	Last quarter	69%	20.1	22:19	10:42
29 Fri	Last quarter	60%	21.1	23:13	11:13
30 Sat	Last quarter 12:56	50%	22.1	–	11:43
31 Sun	Last quarter	41%	23.1	00:08	12:14

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 1961. Full moon: Dec 22 (390,898 km away).