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):
--.
--.
`-.
`-.
\
. \.
\
@@@ \
@@@@|
@@ \ New Moon +
@ | 3 1:36:03
@@@ | First Quarter -
@@@ | 4 6:49:12
@@ o /
|
o . /
/
.-. /'
`-' /
.-'
.-'
--'
--'
See also: bigcal, globe, xphoon.
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