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Moon phase calendar May 1978

Day	Phase	Illum.	Age	Rise (Tokyo)	Set (Tokyo)
1 Mon	Last quarter	36%	23.5	01:08	12:30
2 Tue	Waning crescent	26%	24.5	01:48	13:33
3 Wed	Waning crescent	17%	25.5	02:25	14:35
4 Thu	Waning crescent	10%	26.5	03:00	15:36
5 Fri	Waning crescent	4%	27.5	03:36	16:36
6 Sat	New moon	1%	28.5	04:11	17:34
7 Sun	New moon 13:46	0%	29.5	04:49	18:32
8 Mon	New moon	1%	0.9	05:28	19:27
9 Tue	New moon	4%	1.9	06:10	20:20
10 Wed	Waxing crescent	8%	2.9	06:54	21:10
11 Thu	Waxing crescent	14%	3.9	07:42	21:57
12 Fri	Waxing crescent	22%	4.9	08:31	22:40
13 Sat	Waxing crescent	30%	5.9	09:23	23:20
14 Sun	First quarter	39%	6.9	10:16	23:57
15 Mon	First quarter 16:39	48%	7.9	11:10	–
16 Tue	First quarter	58%	8.9	12:06	00:32
17 Wed	First quarter	68%	9.9	13:03	01:07
18 Thu	Waxing gibbous	77%	10.9	14:02	01:40
19 Fri	Waxing gibbous	85%	11.9	15:03	02:15
20 Sat	Waxing gibbous	92%	12.9	16:07	02:52
21 Sun	Full moon	97%	13.9	17:13	03:32
22 Mon	Full moon 22:16	100%	14.9	18:20	04:17
23 Tue	Full moon	99%	15.9	19:26	05:07
24 Wed	Full moon	96%	16.9	20:30	06:03
25 Thu	Waning gibbous	90%	17.9	21:28	07:04
26 Fri	Waning gibbous	82%	18.9	22:21	08:09
27 Sat	Waning gibbous	72%	19.9	23:07	09:16
28 Sun	Last quarter	62%	20.9	23:49	10:22
29 Mon	Last quarter 12:30	50%	21.9	–	11:26
30 Tue	Last quarter	40%	22.9	00:27	12:29
31 Wed	Waning crescent	29%	23.9	01:03	13:30

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 1978. Full moon: May 22 (363,196 km away).