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Moon phase calendar May 1987

Day	Phase	Illum.	Age	Rise (Tokyo)	Set (Tokyo)
1 Fri	Waxing crescent	9%	3.1	06:26	21:52
2 Sat	Waxing crescent	16%	4.1	07:12	22:47
3 Sun	Waxing crescent	23%	5.1	08:04	23:35
4 Mon	First quarter	32%	6.1	09:01	–
5 Tue	First quarter	41%	7.1	10:00	00:16
6 Wed	First quarter 11:25	50%	8.1	11:00	00:51
7 Thu	First quarter	60%	9.1	12:01	01:21
8 Fri	Waxing gibbous	69%	10.1	13:01	01:48
9 Sat	Waxing gibbous	78%	11.1	14:02	02:13
10 Sun	Waxing gibbous	86%	12.1	15:04	02:37
11 Mon	Waxing gibbous	93%	13.1	16:09	03:02
12 Tue	Full moon	97%	14.1	17:18	03:29
13 Wed	Full moon 21:50	100%	15.1	18:31	04:00
14 Thu	Full moon	99%	16.1	19:46	04:38
15 Fri	Full moon	96%	17.1	21:01	05:25
16 Sat	Waning gibbous	91%	18.1	22:08	06:22
17 Sun	Waning gibbous	83%	19.1	23:05	07:29
18 Mon	Waning gibbous	73%	20.1	23:52	08:43
19 Tue	Last quarter	62%	21.1	–	09:57
20 Wed	Last quarter 13:02	51%	22.1	00:29	11:09
21 Thu	Last quarter	40%	23.1	01:00	12:18
22 Fri	Waning crescent	29%	24.1	01:28	13:23
23 Sat	Waning crescent	20%	25.1	01:53	14:27
24 Sun	Waning crescent	12%	26.1	02:18	15:30
25 Mon	Waning crescent	6%	27.1	02:44	16:34
26 Tue	New moon	2%	28.1	03:13	17:37
27 Wed	New moon	0%	29.1	03:45	18:40
28 Thu	New moon 00:13	0%	0.5	04:23	19:42
29 Fri	New moon	2%	1.5	05:06	20:39
30 Sat	Waxing crescent	6%	2.5	05:56	21:29
31 Sun	Waxing crescent	11%	3.5	06:52	22:13

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 May 1987. Full moon: May 13 (367,661 km away).