Moonstruck
Version 2004
32-Bit for Windows NT4, W2K, WinXP
 2000, 2001, 2003
Freeware

fw@cushat.co.uk


INTRODUCTION
Have the current moon phase displayed in your system tray. This program 
sits in your system tray. Calculation of the current moon phase (and 
everything else) is based on the computers system time. The program does 
not connect to a web site to get this information.


WHAT YOU SEE
The system tray icon changes with the moon phase. 
Hovering the mouse over it will display the age of the moon.
But that's not all. Right click on the icon, and you get more information:

-The information on the top refers to the age of the moon, and the phase 
 it is currently in. '43%' means it is almost half moon, 100% would be 
 full moon. The age of moon of 6days also tells us it is the waxing 
 half moon coming up, or first quarter moon.

-The next batch of lines gives all the details for the current lunar month: 
 Last new moon, first quarter, half moon, last quarter, new new moon.

-Then there are the times for moon rise, transit and moon set for today.

-And the same for the sun, just because we can.



PARAMETERS
But doesn't the moon rise at different times in different places? Of course it does. 
For this reason Moonstruck accepts parameters to set your location. It expects the 
following format:

      MStruck Addis Ababa 9 -38.6

 Addis Ababa is the place name. This can be one, two or more separate words. 

 9 is the latidude of Addis Ababa. For the northern hemisphere the latitude is positive, 
 negative for the southern hemisphere. Values range from -90 to 90. 
 
 -38.6 is the longitude of Addis Ababa. The longitude is positive for West and negative 
 for East. Values range from -180 to 180. 


What you need to do is to go to your local library and find out what your latitude and 
longitude are. 




USAGE
Enjoy.



HOMEPAGE
Check http://www.cushat.co.uk/fw/ms/ for new developments.