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Moon phase calendar May 2012

Day	Phase	Illum.	Age	Rise (Tokyo)	Set (Tokyo)
1 Tue	First quarter	68%	9.8	12:59	01:14
2 Wed	Waxing gibbous	78%	10.8	14:05	01:48
3 Thu	Waxing gibbous	87%	11.8	15:13	02:22
4 Fri	Waxing gibbous	94%	12.8	16:24	02:59
5 Sat	Full moon	98%	13.8	17:36	03:38
6 Sun	Full moon 12:35	100%	14.8	18:50	04:24
7 Mon	Full moon	98%	15.8	20:00	05:15
8 Tue	Waning gibbous	94%	16.8	21:05	06:13
9 Wed	Waning gibbous	87%	17.8	22:02	07:17
10 Thu	Waning gibbous	79%	18.8	22:50	08:23
11 Fri	Last quarter	69%	19.8	23:32	09:29
12 Sat	Last quarter	58%	20.8	–	10:33
13 Sun	Last quarter 06:46	48%	21.8	00:08	11:34
14 Mon	Last quarter	38%	22.8	00:40	12:33
15 Tue	Waning crescent	28%	23.8	01:10	13:31
16 Wed	Waning crescent	20%	24.8	01:39	14:27
17 Thu	Waning crescent	13%	25.8	02:09	15:23
18 Fri	Waning crescent	7%	26.8	02:39	16:18
19 Sat	New moon	3%	27.8	03:12	17:13
20 Sun	New moon	1%	28.8	03:48	18:08
21 Mon	New moon 08:47	0%	0.1	04:28	19:01
22 Tue	New moon	1%	1.1	05:12	19:52
23 Wed	Waxing crescent	4%	2.1	06:01	20:40
24 Thu	Waxing crescent	9%	3.1	06:54	21:23
25 Fri	Waxing crescent	15%	4.1	07:49	22:03
26 Sat	Waxing crescent	23%	5.1	08:48	22:40
27 Sun	First quarter	32%	6.1	09:47	23:14
28 Mon	First quarter	42%	7.1	10:49	23:47
29 Tue	First quarter 05:16	53%	8.1	11:51	–
30 Wed	First quarter	64%	9.1	12:56	00:20
31 Thu	Waxing gibbous	75%	10.1	14:03	00:54

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 2012. Full moon: May 6 (356,955 km away).