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Moon phase calendar January 1978

Day	Phase	Illum.	Age	Rise (Tokyo)	Set (Tokyo)
1 Sun	Last quarter	64%	21.4	22:58	10:35
2 Mon	Last quarter 21:07	54%	22.4	23:58	11:10
3 Tue	Last quarter	44%	23.4	–	11:46
4 Wed	Last quarter	33%	24.4	01:01	12:25
5 Thu	Waning crescent	23%	25.4	02:05	13:08
6 Fri	Waning crescent	14%	26.4	03:12	13:58
7 Sat	Waning crescent	6%	27.4	04:18	14:54
8 Sun	New moon	2%	28.4	05:23	15:57
9 Mon	New moon 12:59	0%	29.4	06:23	17:04
10 Tue	New moon	2%	1.0	07:17	18:13
11 Wed	Waxing crescent	6%	2.0	08:05	19:22
12 Thu	Waxing crescent	12%	3.0	08:48	20:29
13 Fri	Waxing crescent	21%	4.0	09:26	21:33
14 Sat	Waxing crescent	30%	5.0	10:03	22:34
15 Sun	First quarter	40%	6.0	10:37	23:33
16 Mon	First quarter 12:02	50%	7.0	11:12	–
17 Tue	First quarter	60%	8.0	11:47	00:30
18 Wed	First quarter	69%	9.0	12:25	01:26
19 Thu	Waxing gibbous	77%	10.0	13:04	02:20
20 Fri	Waxing gibbous	85%	11.0	13:47	03:12
21 Sat	Waxing gibbous	91%	12.0	14:32	04:02
22 Sun	Waxing gibbous	95%	13.0	15:21	04:49
23 Mon	Full moon	98%	14.0	16:12	05:34
24 Tue	Full moon 16:55	100%	15.0	17:06	06:15
25 Wed	Full moon	99%	16.0	18:01	06:54
26 Thu	Full moon	97%	17.0	18:57	07:30
27 Fri	Waning gibbous	93%	18.0	19:54	08:05
28 Sat	Waning gibbous	87%	19.0	20:52	08:39
29 Sun	Waning gibbous	79%	20.0	21:51	09:13
30 Mon	Waning gibbous	70%	21.0	22:52	09:47
31 Tue	Last quarter	60%	22.0	23:54	10:24

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 January 1978. Full moon: Jan 24 (402,271 km away).