pom/pom.6

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  36 .Dd January 9, 1999
  37 .Dt POM 6
  38 .Os
  39 .Sh NAME
  40 .Nm pom
  41 .Nd display the phase of the moon
  42 .Sh SYNOPSIS
  43 .Nm
  44 .Op [[[[[cc]yy]mm]dd]HH]
  45 .Sh DESCRIPTION
  46 The
  47 .Nm
  48 utility displays the current phase of the moon.
  49 Useful for selecting software completion target dates and predicting
  50 managerial behavior.
  51 .Pp
  52 .Bl -tag -width [[[[[cc]yy]mm]dd]HH]
  53 .It Ar [[[[[cc]yy]mm]dd]HH]
  54 Display the phase of the moon for a given time.  The format is similar to
  55 the canonical representation used by
  56 .Xr date 1 .
  57 .El
  58 .Sh SEE ALSO
  59 .Xr date 1
  60 .Sh AUTHOR
  61 .Nm
  62 was written by Keith E. Brandt.
  63 .Sh BUGS
  64 Times must be within range of the
  65 .Ux
  66 epoch.
  67 .Pp
  68 This program does not allow for the difference between the TDT and
  69 UTC timescales (about one minute at the time of writing).
  70 .Sh ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  71 This program is based on algorithms from
  72 .%B Practical Astronomy with Your Calculator, Third Edition
  73 by Peter Duffett-Smith <pjds@mrao.cam.ac.uk>.