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Moon phase calendar January 1979

Day	Phase	Illum.	Age	Rise (Tokyo)	Set (Tokyo)
1 Mon	Waxing crescent	8%	2.3	08:33	19:36
2 Tue	Waxing crescent	16%	3.3	09:19	20:45
3 Wed	Waxing crescent	25%	4.3	10:01	21:52
4 Thu	First quarter	36%	5.3	10:40	22:57
5 Fri	First quarter 20:14	46%	6.3	11:17	–
6 Sat	First quarter	57%	7.3	11:53	00:00
7 Sun	First quarter	67%	8.3	12:30	01:01
8 Mon	Waxing gibbous	76%	9.3	13:08	02:00
9 Tue	Waxing gibbous	84%	10.3	13:48	02:57
10 Wed	Waxing gibbous	91%	11.3	14:31	03:53
11 Thu	Waxing gibbous	96%	12.3	15:17	04:46
12 Fri	Full moon	99%	13.3	16:06	05:35
13 Sat	Full moon 16:08	100%	14.3	16:57	06:21
14 Sun	Full moon	99%	15.3	17:49	07:03
15 Mon	Full moon	97%	16.3	18:43	07:42
16 Tue	Waning gibbous	93%	17.3	19:36	08:18
17 Wed	Waning gibbous	88%	18.3	20:30	08:52
18 Thu	Waning gibbous	81%	19.3	21:25	09:24
19 Fri	Waning gibbous	73%	20.3	22:20	09:56
20 Sat	Last quarter	64%	21.3	23:16	10:28
21 Sun	Last quarter 20:23	54%	22.3	–	11:01
22 Mon	Last quarter	43%	23.3	00:14	11:38
23 Tue	Last quarter	33%	24.3	01:14	12:18
24 Wed	Waning crescent	23%	25.3	02:16	13:04
25 Thu	Waning crescent	14%	26.3	03:19	13:56
26 Fri	Waning crescent	7%	27.3	04:22	14:55
27 Sat	New moon	2%	28.3	05:22	16:01
28 Sun	New moon 15:19	0%	29.3	06:17	17:10
29 Mon	New moon	1%	0.9	07:08	18:21
30 Tue	Waxing crescent	5%	1.9	07:53	19:32
31 Wed	Waxing crescent	12%	2.9	08:35	20:40

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 1979. Full moon: Jan 13 (405,185 km away).