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Moon phase calendar April 1979

Day	Phase	Illum.	Age	Rise (Tokyo)	Set (Tokyo)
1 Sun	Waxing crescent	19%	4.0	08:20	22:23
2 Mon	Waxing crescent	28%	5.0	09:05	23:18
3 Tue	First quarter	38%	6.0	09:52	–
4 Wed	First quarter 18:57	47%	7.0	10:41	00:09
5 Thu	First quarter	57%	8.0	11:32	00:56
6 Fri	First quarter	66%	9.0	12:24	01:39
7 Sat	Waxing gibbous	75%	10.0	13:18	02:18
8 Sun	Waxing gibbous	82%	11.0	14:11	02:54
9 Mon	Waxing gibbous	89%	12.0	15:06	03:28
10 Tue	Waxing gibbous	94%	13.0	16:01	04:01
11 Wed	Full moon	98%	14.0	16:57	04:33
12 Thu	Full moon 22:15	100%	15.0	17:54	05:06
13 Fri	Full moon	100%	16.0	18:52	05:40
14 Sat	Full moon	97%	17.0	19:52	06:16
15 Sun	Waning gibbous	93%	18.0	20:52	06:56
16 Mon	Waning gibbous	86%	19.0	21:52	07:39
17 Tue	Waning gibbous	78%	20.0	22:51	08:28
18 Wed	Last quarter	68%	21.0	23:46	09:22
19 Thu	Last quarter	57%	22.0	–	10:21
20 Fri	Last quarter 03:30	46%	23.0	00:38	11:24
21 Sat	Last quarter	35%	24.0	01:26	12:29
22 Sun	Waning crescent	24%	25.0	02:11	13:35
23 Mon	Waning crescent	15%	26.0	02:52	14:42
24 Tue	Waning crescent	8%	27.0	03:31	15:49
25 Wed	New moon	3%	28.0	04:10	16:56
26 Thu	New moon 22:14	0%	29.0	04:49	18:01
27 Fri	New moon	1%	0.6	05:29	19:05
28 Sat	New moon	3%	1.6	06:10	20:07
29 Sun	Waxing crescent	8%	2.6	06:55	21:05
30 Mon	Waxing crescent	14%	3.6	07:42	22:00

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 April 1979. Full moon: Apr 12 (392,759 km away).