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30.\"	@(#)pom.6	8.1 (Berkeley) 5/31/93
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32.Dd $Mdocdate: May 31 2007 $
33.Dt POM 6
34.Os
35.Sh NAME
36.Nm pom
37.Nd display the phase of the moon
38.Sh SYNOPSIS
39.Nm pom
40.Sm off
41.Oo
42.Oo Oo Oo Oo Oo
43.Ar cc Oc
44.Ar yy Oc
45.Ar mm Oc
46.Ar dd Oc
47.Ar HH Oc
48.Oc
49.Sm on
50.Sh DESCRIPTION
51The
52.Nm
53utility displays the current phase of the moon.
54Useful for selecting software completion target dates and predicting
55managerial behavior.
56.Bl -tag -width "[[[[[cc]yy]mm]dd]HH]XX"
57.It Xo
58.Sm off
59.Oo Oo Oo Oo Oo
60.Ar cc Oc
61.Ar yy Oc
62.Ar mm Oc
63.Ar dd Oc
64.Ar HH Oc
65.Sm on
66.Xc
67Display the phase of the moon for a given time.
68The format is similar to the canonical representation used by
69.Xr date 1 .
70.El
71.Sh SEE ALSO
72.Xr date 1
73.Sh BUGS
74Times must be within range of the
75.Ux
76Epoch.
77.Sh ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
78This program is based on routines from
79.%B Practical Astronomy with Your Calculator, Third Edition
80by Peter Duffett-Smith.
81