pom — display the phase of the moon
Contents
Acknowledgements
This program is based on algorithms from PracticalAstronomywithYourCalculator,ThirdEdition by Peter
Duffett-Smith ⟨pjds@mrao.cam.ac.uk⟩.
Debian January 9, 1999 POM(6)
Bugs
Times must be within range of the Unix epoch.
This program does not allow for the difference between the TDT and UTC timescales (about one minute at
the time of writing).
Description
The pom utility displays the current phase of the moon. Useful for selecting software completion target
dates and predicting managerial behavior.
[[[[[cc]yy]mm]dd]HH] Display the phase of the moon for a given time. The format is similar to the
canonical representation used by date(1).
Name
pom — display the phase of the moon
See Also
date(1)
Synopsis
pom [[[[[[cc]yy]mm]dd]HH]]
