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Moon phase calendar December 1972

Day	Phase	Illum.	Age	Rise (Tokyo)	Set (Tokyo)
1 Fri	Waning crescent	19%	25.1	02:10	13:25
2 Sat	Waning crescent	12%	26.1	03:08	13:54
3 Sun	Waning crescent	7%	27.1	04:05	14:26
4 Mon	New moon	3%	28.1	05:03	15:03
5 Tue	New moon	1%	29.1	06:00	15:45
6 Wed	New moon 05:24	0%	0.3	06:54	16:33
7 Thu	New moon	2%	1.3	07:44	17:26
8 Fri	Waxing crescent	5%	2.3	08:28	18:22
9 Sat	Waxing crescent	10%	3.3	09:08	19:21
10 Sun	Waxing crescent	16%	4.3	09:43	20:22
11 Mon	Waxing crescent	24%	5.3	10:15	21:22
12 Tue	First quarter	33%	6.3	10:44	22:23
13 Wed	First quarter	43%	7.3	11:12	23:26
14 Thu	First quarter 03:35	54%	8.3	11:41	–
15 Fri	First quarter	65%	9.3	12:11	00:30
16 Sat	Waxing gibbous	75%	10.3	12:45	01:38
17 Sun	Waxing gibbous	85%	11.3	13:24	02:49
18 Mon	Waxing gibbous	92%	12.3	14:11	04:02
19 Tue	Full moon	98%	13.3	15:08	05:16
20 Wed	Full moon 18:45	100%	14.3	16:14	06:25
21 Thu	Full moon	99%	15.3	17:26	07:26
22 Fri	Waning gibbous	96%	16.3	18:40	08:17
23 Sat	Waning gibbous	90%	17.3	19:51	08:59
24 Sun	Waning gibbous	82%	18.3	20:58	09:34
25 Mon	Waning gibbous	73%	19.3	22:02	10:05
26 Tue	Last quarter	63%	20.3	23:03	10:33
27 Wed	Last quarter 19:27	53%	21.3	–	11:00
28 Thu	Last quarter	43%	22.3	00:02	11:27
29 Fri	Last quarter	34%	23.3	01:00	11:56
30 Sat	Waning crescent	25%	24.3	01:58	12:27
31 Sun	Waning crescent	18%	25.3	02:56	13:02

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 1972. Full moon: Dec 20 (358,775 km away).