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Moon phase calendar December 1973

Day	Phase	Illum.	Age	Rise (Tokyo)	Set (Tokyo)
1 Sat	First quarter	32%	6.3	10:49	22:03
2 Sun	First quarter	41%	7.3	11:18	23:00
3 Mon	First quarter 10:28	51%	8.3	11:46	23:58
4 Tue	First quarter	61%	9.3	12:14	–
5 Wed	Waxing gibbous	71%	10.3	12:44	00:58
6 Thu	Waxing gibbous	80%	11.3	13:17	02:01
7 Fri	Waxing gibbous	88%	12.3	13:55	03:08
8 Sat	Waxing gibbous	94%	13.3	14:40	04:17
9 Sun	Full moon	99%	14.3	15:33	05:28
10 Mon	Full moon 10:34	100%	15.3	16:36	06:36
11 Tue	Full moon	98%	16.3	17:46	07:39
12 Wed	Waning gibbous	94%	17.3	18:59	08:33
13 Thu	Waning gibbous	87%	18.3	20:12	09:19
14 Fri	Waning gibbous	78%	19.3	21:22	09:59
15 Sat	Last quarter	67%	20.3	22:30	10:33
16 Sun	Last quarter	57%	21.3	23:34	11:05
17 Mon	Last quarter 02:12	46%	22.3	–	11:35
18 Tue	Last quarter	36%	23.3	00:37	12:06
19 Wed	Waning crescent	26%	24.3	01:38	12:38
20 Thu	Waning crescent	18%	25.3	02:39	13:12
21 Fri	Waning crescent	11%	26.3	03:38	13:51
22 Sat	Waning crescent	6%	27.3	04:35	14:33
23 Sun	New moon	2%	28.3	05:30	15:21
24 Mon	New moon	0%	29.3	06:20	16:12
25 Tue	New moon 00:07	0%	0.5	07:05	17:07
26 Wed	New moon	2%	1.5	07:45	18:03
27 Thu	Waxing crescent	6%	2.5	08:20	18:59
28 Fri	Waxing crescent	11%	3.5	08:52	19:56
29 Sat	Waxing crescent	17%	4.5	09:21	20:53
30 Sun	Waxing crescent	25%	5.5	09:48	21:49
31 Mon	First quarter	34%	6.5	10:16	22:47

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 1973. Full moon: Dec 10 (358,777 km away).