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Moon phase calendar December 1988

Day	Phase	Illum.	Age	Rise (Tokyo)	Set (Tokyo)
1 Thu	Last quarter 15:49	52%	21.5	23:38	12:03
2 Fri	Last quarter	42%	22.5	–	12:26
3 Sat	Last quarter	33%	23.5	00:34	12:48
4 Sun	Waning crescent	25%	24.5	01:30	13:10
5 Mon	Waning crescent	17%	25.5	02:28	13:35
6 Tue	Waning crescent	10%	26.5	03:28	14:03
7 Wed	Waning crescent	5%	27.5	04:31	14:36
8 Thu	New moon	2%	28.5	05:36	15:16
9 Fri	New moon 14:35	0%	29.5	06:41	16:05
10 Sat	New moon	1%	0.9	07:43	17:04
11 Sun	Waxing crescent	4%	1.9	08:39	18:10
12 Mon	Waxing crescent	10%	2.9	09:27	19:21
13 Tue	Waxing crescent	18%	3.9	10:07	20:33
14 Wed	Waxing crescent	27%	4.9	10:41	21:43
15 Thu	First quarter	38%	5.9	11:10	22:52
16 Fri	First quarter 14:40	49%	6.9	11:38	–
17 Sat	First quarter	60%	7.9	12:06	00:00
18 Sun	Waxing gibbous	71%	8.9	12:34	01:09
19 Mon	Waxing gibbous	81%	9.9	13:06	02:19
20 Tue	Waxing gibbous	89%	10.9	13:42	03:30
21 Wed	Waxing gibbous	95%	11.9	14:26	04:41
22 Thu	Full moon	98%	12.9	15:17	05:50
23 Fri	Full moon 14:28	100%	13.9	16:16	06:52
24 Sat	Full moon	99%	14.9	17:19	07:46
25 Sun	Waning gibbous	96%	15.9	18:24	08:31
26 Mon	Waning gibbous	91%	16.9	19:27	09:07
27 Tue	Waning gibbous	85%	17.9	20:28	09:38
28 Wed	Waning gibbous	78%	18.9	21:27	10:04
29 Thu	Last quarter	69%	19.9	22:23	10:27
30 Fri	Last quarter	60%	20.9	23:19	10:49
31 Sat	Last quarter 13:56	51%	21.9	–	11:12

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 1988. Full moon: Dec 23 (383,639 km away).