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Moon phase calendar May 1971

Day	Phase	Illum.	Age	Rise (Tokyo)	Set (Tokyo)
1 Sat	First quarter	38%	6.0	09:48	–
2 Sun	First quarter 16:33	48%	7.0	10:51	00:32
3 Mon	First quarter	58%	8.0	11:51	01:03
4 Tue	First quarter	67%	9.0	12:49	01:30
5 Wed	Waxing gibbous	76%	10.0	13:45	01:54
6 Thu	Waxing gibbous	83%	11.0	14:41	02:17
7 Fri	Waxing gibbous	90%	12.0	15:37	02:40
8 Sat	Waxing gibbous	95%	13.0	16:35	03:04
9 Sun	Full moon	98%	14.0	17:35	03:30
10 Mon	Full moon 20:23	100%	15.0	18:36	04:00
11 Tue	Full moon	99%	16.0	19:39	04:35
12 Wed	Full moon	97%	17.0	20:40	05:17
13 Thu	Waning gibbous	93%	18.0	21:38	06:07
14 Fri	Waning gibbous	86%	19.0	22:29	07:05
15 Sat	Waning gibbous	78%	20.0	23:14	08:10
16 Sun	Last quarter	69%	21.0	23:52	09:18
17 Mon	Last quarter	58%	22.0	–	10:27
18 Tue	Last quarter 05:14	47%	23.0	00:25	11:36
19 Wed	Last quarter	36%	24.0	00:55	12:45
20 Thu	Waning crescent	25%	25.0	01:24	13:54
21 Fri	Waning crescent	16%	26.0	01:53	15:05
22 Sat	Waning crescent	8%	27.0	02:24	16:18
23 Sun	New moon	3%	28.0	02:59	17:32
24 Mon	New moon 21:31	0%	29.0	03:41	18:45
25 Tue	New moon	1%	0.6	04:29	19:54
26 Wed	New moon	3%	1.6	05:25	20:54
27 Thu	Waxing crescent	8%	2.6	06:27	21:45
28 Fri	Waxing crescent	15%	3.6	07:32	22:27
29 Sat	Waxing crescent	23%	4.6	08:37	23:01
30 Sun	First quarter	32%	5.6	09:39	23:30
31 Mon	First quarter	42%	6.6	10:39	23:56

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 1971. Full moon: May 10 (396,769 km away).