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-.\" from: @(#)pom.6 5.2 (Berkeley) 6/23/90
-.\" $Id: pom.6,v 1.3 1993/08/05 01:46:54 jtc Exp $
+.\" @(#)pom.6 8.1 (Berkeley) 5/31/93
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-.Dd June 23, 1990
+.Dd January 9, 1999
.Dt POM 6
.Os
.Sh NAME
-.Nm pom
+.Nm pom
.Nd display the phase of the moon
.Sh SYNOPSIS
-.Nm pom
+.Nm
+.Op [[[[[cc]yy]mm]dd]HH]
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
-.Nm pom
+.Nm
utility displays the current phase of the moon.
-Useful for selecting software completion target dates and predicting
+Useful for selecting software completion target dates and predicting
managerial behavior.
+.Pp
+.Bl -tag -width [[[[[cc]yy]mm]dd]HH]
+.It Ar [[[[[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
+.Xr date 1 .
+.El
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr date 1
+.Sh AUTHOR
+.Nm
+was written by
+.An Keith E. Brandt .
+.Sh BUGS
+Times must be within range of the
+.Ux
+epoch.
+.Pp
+This program does not allow for the difference between the TDT and
+UTC timescales (about one minute at the time of writing).
+.Sh ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
+This program is based on algorithms from
+.%B Practical Astronomy with Your Calculator, Third Edition
+by Peter Duffett-Smith
+.Aq pjds@mrao.cam.ac.uk .