POM(6)
Games Manual
POM(6)
NAME
pom
—
display the phase of the moon
SYNOPSIS
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.
[[[[[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)
.
SEE ALSO
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>.
January 9, 1999
NetBSD 5.99