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Moon phase calendar December 1981

Day	Phase	Illum.	Age	Rise (Tokyo)	Set (Tokyo)
1 Tue	Waxing crescent	17%	4.5	10:03	20:16
2 Wed	Waxing crescent	25%	5.5	10:46	21:12
3 Thu	First quarter	34%	6.5	11:25	22:11
4 Fri	First quarter	44%	7.5	12:02	23:12
5 Sat	First quarter 01:22	55%	8.5	12:36	–
6 Sun	First quarter	65%	9.5	13:09	00:15
7 Mon	Waxing gibbous	76%	10.5	13:43	01:20
8 Tue	Waxing gibbous	85%	11.5	14:19	02:27
9 Wed	Waxing gibbous	92%	12.5	14:58	03:36
10 Thu	Full moon	98%	13.5	15:42	04:49
11 Fri	Full moon 17:41	100%	14.5	16:33	06:02
12 Sat	Full moon	99%	15.5	17:30	07:14
13 Sun	Waning gibbous	95%	16.5	18:34	08:20
14 Mon	Waning gibbous	89%	17.5	19:40	09:18
15 Tue	Waning gibbous	81%	18.5	20:47	10:08
16 Wed	Waning gibbous	72%	19.5	21:52	10:51
17 Thu	Last quarter	62%	20.5	22:54	11:28
18 Fri	Last quarter 14:47	51%	21.5	23:53	12:00
19 Sat	Last quarter	41%	22.5	–	12:31
20 Sun	Last quarter	32%	23.5	00:50	13:00
21 Mon	Waning crescent	23%	24.5	01:47	13:29
22 Tue	Waning crescent	16%	25.5	02:42	13:59
23 Wed	Waning crescent	10%	26.5	03:38	14:31
24 Thu	Waning crescent	5%	27.5	04:33	15:06
25 Fri	New moon	2%	28.5	05:28	15:46
26 Sat	New moon 19:10	0%	29.5	06:22	16:29
27 Sun	New moon	0%	0.7	07:13	17:18
28 Mon	New moon	3%	1.7	08:02	18:11
29 Tue	Waxing crescent	7%	2.7	08:46	19:07
30 Wed	Waxing crescent	12%	3.7	09:26	20:05
31 Thu	Waxing crescent	20%	4.7	10:03	21:05

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 December 1981. Full moon: Dec 11 (356,917 km away).