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Moon phase calendar August 1972

Day	Phase	Illum.	Age	Rise (Tokyo)	Set (Tokyo)
1 Tue	Last quarter	64%	21.3	21:53	10:56
2 Wed	Last quarter 17:02	52%	22.3	22:31	12:06
3 Thu	Last quarter	41%	23.3	23:17	13:17
4 Fri	Waning crescent	30%	24.3	–	14:27
5 Sat	Waning crescent	20%	25.3	00:11	15:31
6 Sun	Waning crescent	12%	26.3	01:12	16:28
7 Mon	Waning crescent	5%	27.3	02:20	17:16
8 Tue	New moon	2%	28.3	03:29	17:56
9 Wed	New moon 14:25	0%	29.3	04:38	18:30
10 Thu	New moon	1%	0.9	05:43	19:00
11 Fri	Waxing crescent	4%	1.9	06:47	19:28
12 Sat	Waxing crescent	9%	2.9	07:47	19:54
13 Sun	Waxing crescent	16%	3.9	08:47	20:20
14 Mon	Waxing crescent	24%	4.9	09:45	20:47
15 Tue	First quarter	32%	5.9	10:44	21:17
16 Wed	First quarter	41%	6.9	11:42	21:51
17 Thu	First quarter 10:09	51%	7.9	12:40	22:29
18 Fri	First quarter	60%	8.9	13:37	23:14
19 Sat	Waxing gibbous	70%	9.9	14:30	–
20 Sun	Waxing gibbous	78%	10.9	15:20	00:05
21 Mon	Waxing gibbous	86%	11.9	16:04	01:02
22 Tue	Waxing gibbous	92%	12.9	16:44	02:03
23 Wed	Full moon	97%	13.9	17:19	03:08
24 Thu	Full moon	100%	14.9	17:51	04:14
25 Fri	Full moon 03:21	100%	15.9	18:21	05:20
26 Sat	Full moon	98%	16.9	18:51	06:28
27 Sun	Waning gibbous	93%	17.9	19:22	07:36
28 Mon	Waning gibbous	86%	18.9	19:55	08:45
29 Tue	Waning gibbous	77%	19.9	20:32	09:56
30 Wed	Last quarter	66%	20.9	21:16	11:08
31 Thu	Last quarter 21:48	55%	21.9	22:07	12:19

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 August 1972. Full moon: Aug 25 (375,762 km away).