bionic (6) pom.6.gz

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)

AUTHOR

     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⟩.