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- # 1995 moon phase information for Pcal (from Old Farmer's Almanac)
- #
- # This file is to be called .moon95 (or moon95) for Un*x, moon95.dat for VMS;
- # it is to live in the same directory as the .calendar file or in the directory
- # where the Pcal executable lives.
- #
- # Moon file syntax:
- #
- # The user may enter the dates and (optionally) times of quarter
- # moons (from a reliable source such as an almanac or astronomical
- # table) into a file called .moon%y (moon%y.dat on VMS), where %y is
- # the last two digits of the year. If such a file exists (in the
- # same directory as the date file, or in the directory where Pcal
- # itself lives), Pcal will interpolate the phase of the moon from the
- # information in this file instead of using the default algorithm.
- #
- # (Pcal originally used an extremely simplistic moon phase algorithm;
- # the moon file was added to v4.0 to enable Pcal to interpolate the
- # phase of the moon from the [presumably more accurate] information
- # within. More recently, the original moon phase algorithm was
- # superseded by an astronomer-strength version, largely obviating
- # the need for a moon file; however, it will continue to be
- # supported for the foreseeable future.)
- #
- # Entries in the moon file must conform to the following syntax:
- #
- # if -A flag (American date formats) specified:
- # <quarter> <month><sep><day> {<hour><sep><min>}
- #
- # if -E flag (European date formats) specified:
- # <quarter> <day><sep><month> {<hour><sep><min>}
- #
- # where
- #
- # <quarter> := "nm", "fq" or "1q", "fm", "lq" or "3q" (new
- # moon, first quarter, full moon, last quarter)
- # <hour> := number 0-23 (24-hour clock)
- # <min> := number 0-59
- #
- # This file must contain entries for all quarter moons in the year,
- # in chronological order; if any errors are encountered, Pcal will
- # revert to using its default algorithm.
- #
- # As in the date file, comments start with '#' and run through
- # end-of-line.
- #
- # Dates and times below are for Boston (EST), in -A format; you may wish to
- # adjust these dates and times to conform to your location.
-
- opt -A # file contains American-style dates
-
- nm 01/01 05:57 # new moon
- fq 01/08 10:47 # first quarter
- fm 01/16 15:27 # full moon
- lq 01/23 23:59 # last quarter
- nm 01/30 17:48 # new moon
-
- fq 02/07 07:55
- fm 02/15 07:16
- lq 02/22 08:05
-
- nm 03/01 06:49
- fq 03/09 05:15
- fm 03/16 20:26
- lq 03/23 15:11
- nm 03/30 21:09
-
- fq 04/08 00:36
- fm 04/15 07:09
- lq 04/21 22:19
- nm 04/29 12:37
-
- fq 05/07 16:45
- fm 05/14 15:49
- lq 05/21 06:36
- nm 05/29 04:28
-
- fq 06/06 05:27
- fm 06/12 23:04
- lq 06/19 17:02
- nm 06/27 19:51
-
- fq 07/05 15:04
- fm 07/12 05:50
- lq 07/19 06:11
- nm 07/27 10:15
-
- fq 08/03 22:17
- fm 08/10 13:17
- lq 08/17 22:04
- nm 08/25 23:33
-
- fq 09/02 04:04
- fm 09/08 22:38
- lq 09/16 16:10
- nm 09/24 11:56
-
- fq 10/01 09:36
- fm 10/08 10:53
- lq 10/16 11:27
- nm 10/23 23:37
- fq 10/30 16:18
-
- fm 11/07 02:21
- lq 11/15 06:41
- nm 11/22 10:44
- fq 11/29 01:29
-
- fm 12/06 20:28
- lq 12/15 00:33
- nm 12/21 21:24
- fq 12/28 14:07
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