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30.Dd July 14, 2010
31.Dt POM 6
32.Os
33.Sh NAME
34.Nm pom
35.Nd display the phase of the moon
36.Sh SYNOPSIS
37.Nm
38.Op Fl p
39.Op Fl d Ar yyyy.mm.dd
40.Op Fl t Ar hh:mm:ss
41.Sh DESCRIPTION
42The
43.Nm
44utility displays the current phase of the moon.
45Useful for selecting software completion target dates and predicting
46managerial behavior.
47.Pp
48Use the
49.Fl p
50option to print just the phase as a percentage.
51.Pp
52Use the arguments
53.Fl d
54and
55.Fl t
56to specify a specific date and time for which the phase of the moon
57has to be calculated.
58If
59.Fl d
60but not
61.Fl t
62has been specified, it will calculate the phase of the moon on that
63day at midnight.
64.Sh SEE ALSO
65`Practical Astronomy with Your Calculator' by Duffett-Smith.
66