\begin{table}%t6 \caption{\label{tab:compositeIa}Number of SN~Ia spectra in each phase bin (in days) used to create VLT composite spectra.} \small%\centering \par \begin{tabular}{lcccc} \hline\hline & $\phi \leq -4$ & $-4<\phi<4$ & $\phi \geq 4$ & Total\\ \hline $z<0.5$ & 7 & 12 & 6 & 25\\ $z\geq 0.5$ & 5 & 45 & 18 & 68 \\ Total & 12 & 57 & 24 & 93\\ \hline \end{tabular} \end{table}