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 +
| 1 15:23:00
| First Quarter -
| 5 2:57:04
o /
|
. /
/
/'
/
.-'
-'
-'
-'
See also: bigcal, globe, xphoon.
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