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Moon phase calendar May 2016

Day	Phase	Illum.	Age	Rise (Tokyo)	Set (Tokyo)
1 Sun	Last quarter	40%	23.7	00:59	12:09
2 Mon	Waning crescent	29%	24.7	01:40	13:13
3 Tue	Waning crescent	19%	25.7	02:20	14:20
4 Wed	Waning crescent	11%	26.7	02:59	15:28
5 Thu	Waning crescent	4%	27.7	03:39	16:38
6 Fri	New moon	1%	28.7	04:22	17:49
7 Sat	New moon 04:29	0%	0.3	05:07	19:00
8 Sun	New moon	3%	1.3	05:57	20:08
9 Mon	Waxing crescent	8%	2.3	06:50	21:11
10 Tue	Waxing crescent	15%	3.3	07:47	22:09
11 Wed	Waxing crescent	24%	4.3	08:46	23:00
12 Thu	First quarter	34%	5.3	09:46	23:45
13 Fri	First quarter	44%	6.3	10:45	–
14 Sat	First quarter 02:02	54%	7.3	11:42	00:24
15 Sun	First quarter	64%	8.3	12:38	01:00
16 Mon	Waxing gibbous	73%	9.3	13:33	01:33
17 Tue	Waxing gibbous	81%	10.3	14:27	02:05
18 Wed	Waxing gibbous	88%	11.3	15:21	02:36
19 Thu	Waxing gibbous	93%	12.3	16:14	03:07
20 Fri	Full moon	97%	13.3	17:08	03:40
21 Sat	Full moon	99%	14.3	18:03	04:15
22 Sun	Full moon 06:14	100%	15.3	18:57	04:53
23 Mon	Full moon	98%	16.3	19:50	05:34
24 Tue	Waning gibbous	95%	17.3	20:41	06:20
25 Wed	Waning gibbous	90%	18.3	21:30	07:10
26 Thu	Waning gibbous	83%	19.3	22:16	08:04
27 Fri	Waning gibbous	75%	20.3	22:59	09:01
28 Sat	Last quarter	65%	21.3	23:40	10:01
29 Sun	Last quarter 21:11	54%	22.3	–	11:03
30 Mon	Last quarter	43%	23.3	00:18	12:06
31 Tue	Last quarter	32%	24.3	00:56	13:12

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 May 2016. Full moon: May 22 (402,699 km away).