16ae1554aSColin Percival.\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1993 26ae1554aSColin Percival.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. 36ae1554aSColin Percival.\" 46ae1554aSColin Percival.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 56ae1554aSColin Percival.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 66ae1554aSColin Percival.\" are met: 76ae1554aSColin Percival.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 86ae1554aSColin Percival.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 96ae1554aSColin Percival.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 106ae1554aSColin Percival.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 116ae1554aSColin Percival.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 126ae1554aSColin Percival.\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors 136ae1554aSColin Percival.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software 146ae1554aSColin Percival.\" without specific prior written permission. 156ae1554aSColin Percival.\" 166ae1554aSColin Percival.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND 176ae1554aSColin Percival.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 186ae1554aSColin Percival.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 196ae1554aSColin Percival.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 206ae1554aSColin Percival.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 216ae1554aSColin Percival.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 226ae1554aSColin Percival.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 236ae1554aSColin Percival.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 246ae1554aSColin Percival.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 256ae1554aSColin Percival.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 266ae1554aSColin Percival.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 276ae1554aSColin Percival.\" 28*bf0ee5f2SLexi Winter.Dd July 24, 2025 296ae1554aSColin Percival.Dt POM 6 306ae1554aSColin Percival.Os 316ae1554aSColin Percival.Sh NAME 326ae1554aSColin Percival.Nm pom 336ae1554aSColin Percival.Nd display the phase of the moon 346ae1554aSColin Percival.Sh SYNOPSIS 356ae1554aSColin Percival.Nm 366ae1554aSColin Percival.Op Fl p 376ae1554aSColin Percival.Op Fl d Ar yyyy.mm.dd 386ae1554aSColin Percival.Op Fl t Ar hh:mm:ss 396ae1554aSColin Percival.Sh DESCRIPTION 406ae1554aSColin PercivalThe 416ae1554aSColin Percival.Nm 426ae1554aSColin Percivalutility displays the current phase of the moon. 436ae1554aSColin PercivalUseful for selecting software completion target dates and predicting 446ae1554aSColin Percivalmanagerial behavior. 456ae1554aSColin Percival.Pp 466ae1554aSColin PercivalUse the 476ae1554aSColin Percival.Fl p 486ae1554aSColin Percivaloption to print just the phase as a percentage. 496ae1554aSColin Percival.Pp 506ae1554aSColin PercivalUse the arguments 516ae1554aSColin Percival.Fl d 526ae1554aSColin Percivaland 536ae1554aSColin Percival.Fl t 546ae1554aSColin Percivalto specify a specific date and time for which the phase of the moon 556ae1554aSColin Percivalhas to be calculated. 566ae1554aSColin PercivalIf 576ae1554aSColin Percival.Fl d 586ae1554aSColin Percivalbut not 596ae1554aSColin Percival.Fl t 606ae1554aSColin Percivalhas been specified, it will calculate the phase of the moon on that 616ae1554aSColin Percivalday at midnight. 626ae1554aSColin Percival.Sh SEE ALSO 63*bf0ee5f2SLexi Winter.Rs 64*bf0ee5f2SLexi Winter.%A Peter Duffett-Smith 65*bf0ee5f2SLexi Winter.%B Practical Astronomy with Your Calculator 66*bf0ee5f2SLexi Winter.%I Cambridge University Press 67*bf0ee5f2SLexi Winter.%C Cambridge, UK 68*bf0ee5f2SLexi Winter.%D 1979 69*bf0ee5f2SLexi Winter.Re 70