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Moon phase calendar August 1979

Day	Phase	Illum.	Age	Rise (Tokyo)	Set (Tokyo)
1 Wed	First quarter 14:57	49%	8.1	11:57	23:17
2 Thu	First quarter	59%	9.1	12:55	23:56
3 Fri	Waxing gibbous	69%	10.1	13:55	–
4 Sat	Waxing gibbous	79%	11.1	14:56	00:40
5 Sun	Waxing gibbous	87%	12.1	15:57	01:31
6 Mon	Waxing gibbous	94%	13.1	16:55	02:28
7 Tue	Full moon	98%	14.1	17:50	03:31
8 Wed	Full moon 12:21	100%	15.1	18:40	04:40
9 Thu	Full moon	98%	16.1	19:26	05:51
10 Fri	Waning gibbous	94%	17.1	20:08	07:02
11 Sat	Waning gibbous	87%	18.1	20:48	08:12
12 Sun	Waning gibbous	78%	19.1	21:27	09:20
13 Mon	Last quarter	68%	20.1	22:05	10:26
14 Tue	Last quarter	57%	21.1	22:45	11:29
15 Wed	Last quarter 04:01	47%	22.1	23:27	12:31
16 Thu	Last quarter	36%	23.1	–	13:30
17 Fri	Waning crescent	27%	24.1	00:11	14:25
18 Sat	Waning crescent	18%	25.1	00:57	15:16
19 Sun	Waning crescent	12%	26.1	01:47	16:04
20 Mon	Waning crescent	6%	27.1	02:38	16:47
21 Tue	New moon	2%	28.1	03:31	17:27
22 Wed	New moon	0%	29.1	04:24	18:03
23 Thu	New moon 02:10	0%	0.4	05:18	18:37
24 Fri	New moon	2%	1.4	06:12	19:09
25 Sat	Waxing crescent	5%	2.4	07:06	19:40
26 Sun	Waxing crescent	10%	3.4	08:00	20:11
27 Mon	Waxing crescent	17%	4.4	08:54	20:43
28 Tue	Waxing crescent	25%	5.4	09:50	21:17
29 Wed	First quarter	34%	6.4	10:46	21:54
30 Thu	First quarter	44%	7.4	11:44	22:34
31 Fri	First quarter 03:09	54%	8.4	12:43	23:20

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 1979. Full moon: Aug 8 (358,177 km away).