Phoon displays the phase of the moon, either currently or at a specified date / time. Unlike other such programs, which just tell you how long since first quarter or something like that, phoon shows you the phase with a cute little picture. You can vary the size of the picture with the -l flag, but only some sizes have pictures defined - other sizes use @'s.
Sample output (HTMLized via texttohtml):
.--
.--
.-'
.-'@
/@@@
./
/@@
/@@@@
|@@@@
/@@@@@ Last Quarter +
| @@@ 4 8:14:59
|@ @@ New Moon -
| 3 1:04:27
\ . @
|
\
\ o
`\
\
`-.
`-.
`--
`--
See also: bigcal, globe, xphoon.
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