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Moon phase calendar December 2006

Day	Phase	Illum.	Age	Rise (Tokyo)	Set (Tokyo)
1 Fri	Waxing gibbous	81%	10.2	13:38	01:55
2 Sat	Waxing gibbous	89%	11.2	14:09	03:06
3 Sun	Waxing gibbous	95%	12.2	14:44	04:19
4 Mon	Full moon	99%	13.2	15:27	05:34
5 Tue	Full moon 09:24	100%	14.2	16:18	06:47
6 Wed	Full moon	98%	15.2	17:17	07:55
7 Thu	Waning gibbous	94%	16.2	18:21	08:53
8 Fri	Waning gibbous	89%	17.2	19:28	09:41
9 Sat	Waning gibbous	81%	18.2	20:33	10:19
10 Sun	Waning gibbous	73%	19.2	21:35	10:51
11 Mon	Last quarter	64%	20.2	22:34	11:17
12 Tue	Last quarter 23:31	55%	21.2	23:31	11:41
13 Wed	Last quarter	45%	22.2	–	12:03
14 Thu	Last quarter	36%	23.2	00:27	12:25
15 Fri	Waning crescent	27%	24.2	01:23	12:48
16 Sat	Waning crescent	19%	25.2	02:21	13:13
17 Sun	Waning crescent	12%	26.2	03:21	13:42
18 Mon	Waning crescent	7%	27.2	04:24	14:17
19 Tue	New moon	2%	28.2	05:28	14:59
20 Wed	New moon 23:00	0%	29.2	06:31	15:50
21 Thu	New moon	0%	0.5	07:30	16:50
22 Fri	New moon	3%	1.5	08:23	17:57
23 Sat	Waxing crescent	8%	2.5	09:07	19:08
24 Sun	Waxing crescent	14%	3.5	09:45	20:19
25 Mon	Waxing crescent	23%	4.5	10:17	21:29
26 Tue	First quarter	34%	5.5	10:45	22:37
27 Wed	First quarter 23:47	44%	6.5	11:13	23:46
28 Thu	First quarter	56%	7.5	11:40	–
29 Fri	First quarter	67%	8.5	12:09	00:54
30 Sat	Waxing gibbous	77%	9.5	12:42	02:05
31 Sun	Waxing gibbous	86%	10.5	13:20	03:17

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 2006. Full moon: Dec 5 (371,417 km away).