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Moon phase calendar May 2021

Day	Phase	Illum.	Age	Rise (Tokyo)	Set (Tokyo)
1 Sat	Waning gibbous	78%	19.0	23:22	08:02
2 Sun	Last quarter	68%	20.0	–	09:04
3 Mon	Last quarter	58%	21.0	00:17	10:09
4 Tue	Last quarter 04:50	47%	22.0	01:03	11:15
5 Wed	Last quarter	37%	23.0	01:40	12:18
6 Thu	Waning crescent	27%	24.0	02:13	13:19
7 Fri	Waning crescent	19%	25.0	02:41	14:18
8 Sat	Waning crescent	12%	26.0	03:07	15:15
9 Sun	Waning crescent	6%	27.0	03:32	16:12
10 Mon	New moon	3%	28.0	03:57	17:08
11 Tue	New moon	0%	29.0	04:24	18:05
12 Wed	New moon 03:59	0%	0.3	04:52	19:03
13 Thu	New moon	2%	1.3	05:24	20:00
14 Fri	Waxing crescent	5%	2.3	06:01	20:57
15 Sat	Waxing crescent	10%	3.3	06:44	21:52
16 Sun	Waxing crescent	16%	4.3	07:32	22:43
17 Mon	Waxing crescent	24%	5.3	08:27	23:29
18 Tue	First quarter	33%	6.3	09:26	–
19 Wed	First quarter	43%	7.3	10:28	00:10
20 Thu	First quarter 04:12	54%	8.3	11:33	00:47
21 Fri	First quarter	64%	9.3	12:38	01:20
22 Sat	Waxing gibbous	75%	10.3	13:46	01:51
23 Sun	Waxing gibbous	84%	11.3	14:55	02:22
24 Mon	Waxing gibbous	92%	12.3	16:07	02:53
25 Tue	Full moon	97%	13.3	17:21	03:27
26 Wed	Full moon 20:13	100%	14.3	18:38	04:06
27 Thu	Full moon	99%	15.3	19:54	04:51
28 Fri	Waning gibbous	96%	16.3	21:04	05:45
29 Sat	Waning gibbous	90%	17.3	22:06	06:46
30 Sun	Waning gibbous	82%	18.3	22:57	07:52
31 Mon	Waning gibbous	72%	19.3	23:39	09:00

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 2021. Full moon: May 26 (357,461 km away).