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Moon phase calendar August 1978

Day	Phase	Illum.	Age	Rise (Tokyo)	Set (Tokyo)
1 Tue	Waning crescent	8%	26.7	02:19	16:35
2 Wed	New moon	4%	27.7	03:08	17:18
3 Thu	New moon	1%	28.7	03:59	17:59
4 Fri	New moon 10:00	0%	0.1	04:52	18:36
5 Sat	New moon	1%	1.1	05:46	19:11
6 Sun	Waxing crescent	4%	2.1	06:41	19:45
7 Mon	Waxing crescent	9%	3.1	07:36	20:18
8 Tue	Waxing crescent	15%	4.1	08:32	20:51
9 Wed	Waxing crescent	23%	5.1	09:29	21:25
10 Thu	First quarter	32%	6.1	10:28	22:01
11 Fri	First quarter	42%	7.1	11:28	22:40
12 Sat	First quarter 05:06	53%	8.1	12:30	23:24
13 Sun	First quarter	64%	9.1	13:33	–
14 Mon	Waxing gibbous	75%	10.1	14:35	00:14
15 Tue	Waxing gibbous	84%	11.1	15:36	01:10
16 Wed	Waxing gibbous	92%	12.1	16:32	02:12
17 Thu	Full moon	97%	13.1	17:24	03:19
18 Fri	Full moon 19:13	100%	14.1	18:11	04:29
19 Sat	Full moon	99%	15.1	18:54	05:39
20 Sun	Waning gibbous	96%	16.1	19:34	06:47
21 Mon	Waning gibbous	90%	17.1	20:12	07:54
22 Tue	Waning gibbous	82%	18.1	20:50	08:58
23 Wed	Waning gibbous	74%	19.1	21:27	10:00
24 Thu	Last quarter	64%	20.1	22:06	11:00
25 Fri	Last quarter 21:17	54%	21.1	22:47	11:57
26 Sat	Last quarter	44%	22.1	23:30	12:51
27 Sun	Last quarter	35%	23.1	–	13:43
28 Mon	Waning crescent	26%	24.1	00:15	14:31
29 Tue	Waning crescent	18%	25.1	01:03	15:16
30 Wed	Waning crescent	11%	26.1	01:54	15:57
31 Thu	Waning crescent	6%	27.1	02:46	16:36

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 August 1978. Full moon: Aug 18 (360,413 km away).