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POM(6) |
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POM(6) |
NAME
pom — display the phase of the moon
SYNOPSIS
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pom |
[[[[[[cc]yy]mm]dd]HH]] |
DESCRIPTION
The
pom utility displays the current phase of the moon. Useful for selecting software completion target dates and predicting managerial behavior.
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[[[[[cc]yy]mm]dd]HH]
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Display the phase of the moon for a given time. The format is similar to the canonical representation used by date(1).
AUTHORS
pom was written by Keith E. Brandt.
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).
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This program is based on algorithms from
Practical Astronomy with Your Calculator, Third Edition by Peter Duffett-Smith <pjds@mrao.cam.ac.uk>.
