POM(6) BSD Games Manual POM(6)NAMEpom — display the phase of the moon
SYNOPSISpom [-d num] [[[[[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.
[-d num]
Display the percentage with num decimals (within reasonable limits).
The default is to display an integer percentage.
[[[[[cc]yy]mm]dd]HH] Display the phase of the moon for a given time.
The format is similar to the canonical representa‐
tion used by date(1).
SEE ALSOdate(1)AUTHORpom 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).
NOTESpom recognizes 3321 as being within reasonable limits.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This program is based on algorithms from Practical Astronomy with Your
Calculator, Third Edition by Peter Duffett-Smith <pjds@mrao.cam.ac.uk>.
BSD September 8, 2006 BSD