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Moon phase calendar May 1997

Day	Phase	Illum.	Age	Rise (Tokyo)	Set (Tokyo)
1 Thu	Last quarter	39%	23.7	01:00	12:15
2 Fri	Waning crescent	28%	24.7	01:42	13:22
3 Sat	Waning crescent	18%	25.7	02:22	14:29
4 Sun	Waning crescent	10%	26.7	03:01	15:36
5 Mon	Waning crescent	4%	27.7	03:41	16:43
6 Tue	New moon	1%	28.7	04:21	17:49
7 Wed	New moon 05:46	0%	0.3	05:04	18:53
8 Thu	New moon	2%	1.3	05:49	19:55
9 Fri	Waxing crescent	6%	2.3	06:37	20:53
10 Sat	Waxing crescent	12%	3.3	07:27	21:46
11 Sun	Waxing crescent	20%	4.3	08:20	22:34
12 Mon	Waxing crescent	28%	5.3	09:14	23:16
13 Tue	First quarter	38%	6.3	10:08	23:55
14 Wed	First quarter 19:55	47%	7.3	11:02	–
15 Thu	First quarter	56%	8.3	11:56	00:31
16 Fri	First quarter	66%	9.3	12:49	01:04
17 Sat	Waxing gibbous	74%	10.3	13:44	01:35
18 Sun	Waxing gibbous	82%	11.3	14:38	02:07
19 Mon	Waxing gibbous	89%	12.3	15:34	02:39
20 Tue	Waxing gibbous	94%	13.3	16:32	03:13
21 Wed	Full moon	98%	14.3	17:31	03:49
22 Thu	Full moon 18:13	100%	15.3	18:30	04:29
23 Fri	Full moon	99%	16.3	19:30	05:14
24 Sat	Full moon	96%	17.3	20:28	06:04
25 Sun	Waning gibbous	91%	18.3	21:23	07:00
26 Mon	Waning gibbous	84%	19.3	22:14	08:00
27 Tue	Waning gibbous	74%	20.3	23:00	09:03
28 Wed	Last quarter	64%	21.3	23:43	10:08
29 Thu	Last quarter 16:51	52%	22.3	–	11:14
30 Fri	Last quarter	41%	23.3	00:23	12:20
31 Sat	Waning crescent	30%	24.3	01:02	13:25

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 1997. Full moon: May 22 (383,428 km away).