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Moon phase calendar May 1972

Day	Phase	Illum.	Age	Rise (Tokyo)	Set (Tokyo)
1 Mon	Waning gibbous	94%	17.3	21:14	06:00
2 Tue	Waning gibbous	89%	18.3	22:06	06:47
3 Wed	Waning gibbous	82%	19.3	22:52	07:41
4 Thu	Waning gibbous	74%	20.3	23:34	08:39
5 Fri	Last quarter	64%	21.3	–	09:41
6 Sat	Last quarter 21:26	54%	22.3	00:11	10:44
7 Sun	Last quarter	44%	23.3	00:44	11:49
8 Mon	Last quarter	33%	24.3	01:14	12:55
9 Tue	Waning crescent	23%	25.3	01:44	14:03
10 Wed	Waning crescent	14%	26.3	02:14	15:13
11 Thu	Waning crescent	7%	27.3	02:46	16:27
12 Fri	New moon	2%	28.3	03:23	17:43
13 Sat	New moon 13:07	0%	29.3	04:05	19:00
14 Sun	New moon	2%	1.0	04:56	20:13
15 Mon	Waxing crescent	6%	2.0	05:56	21:18
16 Tue	Waxing crescent	12%	3.0	07:03	22:13
17 Wed	Waxing crescent	21%	4.0	08:12	22:58
18 Thu	Waxing crescent	30%	5.0	09:20	23:35
19 Fri	First quarter	41%	6.0	10:26	–
20 Sat	First quarter 10:16	51%	7.0	11:28	00:06
21 Sun	First quarter	61%	8.0	12:27	00:33
22 Mon	Waxing gibbous	70%	9.0	13:24	00:59
23 Tue	Waxing gibbous	78%	10.0	14:21	01:23
24 Wed	Waxing gibbous	86%	11.0	15:18	01:49
25 Thu	Waxing gibbous	92%	12.0	16:15	02:15
26 Fri	Waxing gibbous	96%	13.0	17:13	02:45
27 Sat	Full moon	99%	14.0	18:12	03:19
28 Sun	Full moon 13:27	100%	15.0	19:08	03:59
29 Mon	Full moon	99%	16.0	20:02	04:44
30 Tue	Full moon	96%	17.0	20:50	05:36
31 Wed	Waning gibbous	92%	18.0	21:34	06:34

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 1972. Full moon: May 28 (403,722 km away).