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):
-------.
. . `--.
O . . `-.
. @@@@@ `-.
@@@ @@@@@@@ . \
@@@ @@@@@@@ . \.
@@@. @@@@@@@ O \
@o @@@@@@@@@@ @@@ \
. @@@@@@@@@@@@@ o @@@@|
. @@@@@@@@@@@@ @@ \ First Quarter +
o @@@@@@@@ @@@@ | 1 2:02:45
o . @@ . @@@@@@@ | Full Moon -
.-. @@@ @@@@@@@ | 7 0:01:20
`-' . @@@@ @@@@ o /
. @@ . |
/ . O . o . /
/ . . /
.___ . . .-. /'
' `-' /
o O . .-'
. . .-'
. .--'
-------'
See also: bigcal, globe, xphoon.
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