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Moon phase calendar December 2002

Day	Phase	Illum.	Age	Rise (Tokyo)	Set (Tokyo)
1 Sun	Waning crescent	14%	26.3	02:32	14:24
2 Mon	Waning crescent	7%	27.3	03:44	14:58
3 Tue	New moon	2%	28.3	04:57	15:36
4 Wed	New moon 16:34	0%	29.3	06:11	16:20
5 Thu	New moon	1%	0.8	07:24	17:12
6 Fri	Waxing crescent	4%	1.8	08:31	18:10
7 Sat	Waxing crescent	10%	2.8	09:29	19:13
8 Sun	Waxing crescent	18%	3.8	10:18	20:17
9 Mon	Waxing crescent	26%	4.8	10:59	21:20
10 Tue	First quarter	35%	5.8	11:33	22:21
11 Wed	First quarter	45%	6.8	12:02	23:20
12 Thu	First quarter 00:48	55%	7.8	12:29	–
13 Fri	First quarter	64%	8.8	12:53	00:17
14 Sat	Waxing gibbous	73%	9.8	13:18	01:12
15 Sun	Waxing gibbous	81%	10.8	13:43	02:08
16 Mon	Waxing gibbous	88%	11.8	14:10	03:04
17 Tue	Waxing gibbous	93%	12.8	14:40	04:03
18 Wed	Full moon	97%	13.8	15:16	05:02
19 Thu	Full moon	100%	14.8	15:57	06:03
20 Fri	Full moon 04:10	100%	15.8	16:46	07:03
21 Sat	Full moon	98%	16.8	17:42	08:00
22 Sun	Waning gibbous	94%	17.8	18:44	08:52
23 Mon	Waning gibbous	88%	18.8	19:50	09:38
24 Tue	Waning gibbous	80%	19.8	20:58	10:18
25 Wed	Waning gibbous	71%	20.8	22:05	10:53
26 Thu	Last quarter	60%	21.8	23:12	11:25
27 Fri	Last quarter 09:31	49%	22.8	–	11:55
28 Sat	Last quarter	38%	23.8	00:20	12:25
29 Sun	Waning crescent	27%	24.8	01:28	12:56
30 Mon	Waning crescent	17%	25.8	02:38	13:31
31 Tue	Waning crescent	9%	26.8	03:50	14:11

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 2002. Full moon: Dec 20 (391,761 km away).