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Moon phase calendar May 1973

Day	Phase	Illum.	Age	Rise (Tokyo)	Set (Tokyo)
1 Tue	Waning crescent	4%	27.6	03:15	16:44
2 Wed	New moon	1%	28.6	03:50	17:56
3 Thu	New moon 05:54	0%	0.3	04:32	19:10
4 Fri	New moon	2%	1.3	05:21	20:22
5 Sat	Waxing crescent	8%	2.3	06:18	21:29
6 Sun	Waxing crescent	15%	3.3	07:23	22:27
7 Mon	Waxing crescent	24%	4.3	08:32	23:16
8 Tue	First quarter	35%	5.3	09:43	23:57
9 Wed	First quarter 21:06	46%	6.3	10:51	–
10 Thu	First quarter	57%	7.3	11:57	00:32
11 Fri	First quarter	67%	8.3	13:00	01:03
12 Sat	Waxing gibbous	76%	9.3	14:01	01:32
13 Sun	Waxing gibbous	85%	10.3	15:01	02:00
14 Mon	Waxing gibbous	91%	11.3	16:00	02:28
15 Tue	Waxing gibbous	96%	12.3	16:59	02:58
16 Wed	Full moon	99%	13.3	17:58	03:31
17 Thu	Full moon 13:58	100%	14.3	18:56	04:08
18 Fri	Full moon	99%	15.3	19:50	04:49
19 Sat	Full moon	97%	16.3	20:41	05:36
20 Sun	Waning gibbous	92%	17.3	21:26	06:27
21 Mon	Waning gibbous	87%	18.3	22:07	07:21
22 Tue	Waning gibbous	80%	19.3	22:42	08:18
23 Wed	Waning gibbous	72%	20.3	23:15	09:16
24 Thu	Last quarter	62%	21.3	23:44	10:15
25 Fri	Last quarter 17:39	52%	22.3	–	11:14
26 Sat	Last quarter	42%	23.3	00:13	12:14
27 Sun	Last quarter	32%	24.3	00:41	13:17
28 Mon	Waning crescent	22%	25.3	01:11	14:22
29 Tue	Waning crescent	14%	26.3	01:44	15:31
30 Wed	Waning crescent	6%	27.3	02:21	16:43
31 Thu	New moon	2%	28.3	03:06	17:57

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 1973. Full moon: May 17 (403,995 km away).