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Moon phase calendar December 2016

Day	Phase	Illum.	Age	Rise (Tokyo)	Set (Tokyo)
1 Thu	New moon	2%	1.6	07:35	18:02
2 Fri	Waxing crescent	6%	2.6	08:25	18:51
3 Sat	Waxing crescent	12%	3.6	09:12	19:43
4 Sun	Waxing crescent	19%	4.6	09:56	20:39
5 Mon	Waxing crescent	27%	5.6	10:37	21:37
6 Tue	First quarter	37%	6.6	11:16	22:37
7 Wed	First quarter 18:03	47%	7.6	11:53	23:38
8 Thu	First quarter	58%	8.6	12:30	–
9 Fri	First quarter	69%	9.6	13:07	00:42
10 Sat	Waxing gibbous	79%	10.6	13:45	01:48
11 Sun	Waxing gibbous	88%	11.6	14:27	02:56
12 Mon	Waxing gibbous	94%	12.6	15:13	04:05
13 Tue	Full moon	99%	13.6	16:04	05:16
14 Wed	Full moon 09:05	100%	14.6	17:01	06:24
15 Thu	Full moon	98%	15.6	18:02	07:29
16 Fri	Waning gibbous	94%	16.6	19:06	08:26
17 Sat	Waning gibbous	87%	17.6	20:10	09:17
18 Sun	Waning gibbous	79%	18.6	21:13	10:02
19 Mon	Waning gibbous	69%	19.6	22:13	10:41
20 Tue	Last quarter	60%	20.6	23:11	11:16
21 Wed	Last quarter 10:55	50%	21.6	–	11:49
22 Thu	Last quarter	40%	22.6	00:07	12:21
23 Fri	Waning crescent	31%	23.6	01:02	12:52
24 Sat	Waning crescent	23%	24.6	01:56	13:24
25 Sun	Waning crescent	15%	25.6	02:50	13:58
26 Mon	Waning crescent	9%	26.6	03:44	14:35
27 Tue	Waning crescent	4%	27.6	04:37	15:15
28 Wed	New moon	2%	28.6	05:30	15:58
29 Thu	New moon 15:53	0%	29.6	06:21	16:46
30 Fri	New moon	1%	0.8	07:10	17:38
31 Sat	New moon	3%	1.8	07:56	18:34

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 2016. Full moon: Dec 14 (359,448 km away).