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Moon phase calendar August 1987

Day	Phase	Illum.	Age	Rise (Tokyo)	Set (Tokyo)
1 Sat	First quarter	33%	6.3	10:31	21:55
2 Sun	First quarter	43%	7.3	11:33	22:23
3 Mon	First quarter 04:23	54%	8.3	12:40	22:56
4 Tue	First quarter	64%	9.3	13:50	23:37
5 Wed	Waxing gibbous	75%	10.3	15:03	–
6 Thu	Waxing gibbous	84%	11.3	16:12	00:28
7 Fri	Waxing gibbous	92%	12.3	17:15	01:31
8 Sat	Full moon	97%	13.3	18:08	02:45
9 Sun	Full moon 19:17	100%	14.3	18:51	04:04
10 Mon	Full moon	99%	15.3	19:26	05:23
11 Tue	Waning gibbous	96%	16.3	19:57	06:39
12 Wed	Waning gibbous	90%	17.3	20:25	07:50
13 Thu	Waning gibbous	82%	18.3	20:51	08:59
14 Fri	Waning gibbous	73%	19.3	21:19	10:06
15 Sat	Last quarter	63%	20.3	21:48	11:12
16 Sun	Last quarter 17:25	52%	21.3	22:21	12:17
17 Mon	Last quarter	42%	22.3	22:59	13:21
18 Tue	Last quarter	33%	23.3	23:44	14:22
19 Wed	Waning crescent	24%	24.3	–	15:18
20 Thu	Waning crescent	17%	25.3	00:34	16:08
21 Fri	Waning crescent	10%	26.3	01:29	16:50
22 Sat	Waning crescent	5%	27.3	02:28	17:27
23 Sun	New moon	2%	28.3	03:28	17:58
24 Mon	New moon 20:58	0%	29.3	04:28	18:25
25 Tue	New moon	0%	0.6	05:28	18:50
26 Wed	New moon	2%	1.6	06:26	19:13
27 Thu	Waxing crescent	6%	2.6	07:25	19:36
28 Fri	Waxing crescent	12%	3.6	08:25	19:59
29 Sat	Waxing crescent	20%	4.6	09:26	20:26
30 Sun	Waxing crescent	29%	5.6	10:31	20:56
31 Mon	First quarter	39%	6.6	11:39	21:33

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 1987. Full moon: Aug 9 (358,018 km away).