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Moon phase calendar October 1978

Day	Phase	Illum.	Age	Rise (Tokyo)	Set (Tokyo)
1 Sun	New moon	1%	28.5	04:18	16:53
2 Mon	New moon 15:40	0%	29.5	05:16	17:27
3 Tue	New moon	1%	0.8	06:15	18:03
4 Wed	New moon	4%	1.8	07:15	18:41
5 Thu	Waxing crescent	9%	2.8	08:17	19:22
6 Fri	Waxing crescent	16%	3.8	09:19	20:07
7 Sat	Waxing crescent	25%	4.8	10:20	20:58
8 Sun	First quarter	36%	5.8	11:20	21:53
9 Mon	First quarter 18:37	47%	6.8	12:16	22:54
10 Tue	First quarter	58%	7.8	13:08	23:57
11 Wed	Waxing gibbous	69%	8.8	13:56	–
12 Thu	Waxing gibbous	80%	9.8	14:40	01:03
13 Fri	Waxing gibbous	88%	10.8	15:21	02:09
14 Sat	Waxing gibbous	94%	11.8	16:00	03:15
15 Sun	Full moon	98%	12.8	16:37	04:20
16 Mon	Full moon 15:09	100%	13.8	17:15	05:24
17 Tue	Full moon	99%	14.8	17:54	06:27
18 Wed	Waning gibbous	96%	15.8	18:34	07:28
19 Thu	Waning gibbous	91%	16.8	19:16	08:27
20 Fri	Waning gibbous	84%	17.8	20:01	09:23
21 Sat	Waning gibbous	76%	18.8	20:49	10:16
22 Sun	Last quarter	68%	19.8	21:38	11:05
23 Mon	Last quarter	59%	20.8	22:29	11:49
24 Tue	Last quarter 09:33	49%	21.8	23:21	12:30
25 Wed	Last quarter	40%	22.8	–	13:08
26 Thu	Waning crescent	31%	23.8	00:15	13:44
27 Fri	Waning crescent	22%	24.8	01:10	14:18
28 Sat	Waning crescent	14%	25.8	02:05	14:51
29 Sun	Waning crescent	8%	26.8	03:03	15:25
30 Mon	New moon	3%	27.8	04:01	16:00
31 Tue	New moon	1%	28.8	05:02	16:37

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 October 1978. Full moon: Oct 16 (377,784 km away).