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Moon phase calendar May 1968

Day	Phase	Illum.	Age	Rise (Tokyo)	Set (Tokyo)
1 Wed	Waxing crescent	11%	3.5	06:37	22:04
2 Thu	Waxing crescent	17%	4.5	07:23	22:57
3 Fri	Waxing crescent	25%	5.5	08:16	23:45
4 Sat	First quarter	34%	6.5	09:15	–
5 Sun	First quarter	44%	7.5	10:18	00:27
6 Mon	First quarter 02:54	54%	8.5	11:23	01:03
7 Tue	First quarter	64%	9.5	12:29	01:35
8 Wed	Waxing gibbous	75%	10.5	13:36	02:04
9 Thu	Waxing gibbous	84%	11.5	14:45	02:31
10 Fri	Waxing gibbous	92%	12.5	15:56	02:58
11 Sat	Full moon	97%	13.5	17:10	03:28
12 Sun	Full moon 22:04	100%	14.5	18:28	04:01
13 Mon	Full moon	99%	15.5	19:48	04:41
14 Tue	Waning gibbous	96%	16.5	21:04	05:29
15 Wed	Waning gibbous	90%	17.5	22:13	06:27
16 Thu	Waning gibbous	82%	18.5	23:09	07:34
17 Fri	Waning gibbous	72%	19.5	23:54	08:45
18 Sat	Last quarter	62%	20.5	–	09:56
19 Sun	Last quarter 14:44	51%	21.5	00:30	11:04
20 Mon	Last quarter	41%	22.5	01:00	12:08
21 Tue	Last quarter	31%	23.5	01:26	13:08
22 Wed	Waning crescent	23%	24.5	01:49	14:06
23 Thu	Waning crescent	15%	25.5	02:12	15:04
24 Fri	Waning crescent	9%	26.5	02:35	16:02
25 Sat	Waning crescent	4%	27.5	03:00	17:00
26 Sun	New moon	1%	28.5	03:27	18:00
27 Mon	New moon 16:29	0%	29.5	03:59	18:59
28 Tue	New moon	1%	0.8	04:36	19:58
29 Wed	New moon	3%	1.8	05:20	20:53
30 Thu	Waxing crescent	7%	2.8	06:12	21:43
31 Fri	Waxing crescent	13%	3.8	07:09	22:26

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 1968. Full moon: May 12 (357,003 km away).