PowerShell/Docs/check-moon-phase.md

## The *check-moon-phase.ps1* PowerShell Script

This PowerShell script determines the Moon phase and answers by text-to-speech (TTS).

## Parameters
```powershell
check-moon-phase.ps1 [<CommonParameters>]

[<CommonParameters>]
    This script supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug, ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, 
    WarningVariable, OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable.
```

## Example
```powershell
PS> ./check-moon-phase

```

## Notes
Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0

## Related Links
https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell

## Source Code
```powershell
<#
.SYNOPSIS
	Checks the Moon phase
.DESCRIPTION
	This PowerShell script determines the Moon phase and answers by text-to-speech (TTS).
.EXAMPLE
	PS> ./check-moon-phase
.LINK
	https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell
.NOTES
	Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0
#>

try {
	$LunarCycle = 29.53058868 # synodic period in days, time between successive new moons
	$LunarHalfCycle = $LunarCycle / 2.0
	$Phases = @("New moon", "Waxing crescent moon", "First quarter moon", "Waxing gibbous moon", "Full moon", "Waning gibbous moon", "Last quarter moon", "Waning crescent moon")
	$PhaseLength = $LunarCycle / 8.0
	$PhaseHalfLength = $PhaseLength / 2.0

	$RefDate = get-date -Year 2021 -Month 12 -Day 4 -Hour 6 -Minute 43 # Dec 4, 2021 06:43 UTC [New Moon]
	$Now = get-date
	$TimeInterval = New-TimeSpan -Start $RefDate -End $Now
	$Days = $TimeInterval.TotalDays

	$MDays = $Days % $LunarCycle
	$PhaseIndex = [int]($MDays * (8.0 / $LunarCycle))

	$Visibility = [math]::Round((($Days % $LunarHalfCycle) * 100) / $LunarHalfCycle)
	$Reply = "$($Phases[$PhaseIndex]) with $($Visibility)% visibility"

	$MoonAge = [math]::Round($Days % $LunarCycle)	
	if ($MoonAge -eq "0") {	      $Reply += " today"
	} elseif ($MoonAge -eq "1") { $Reply += " since yesterday"
	} else {                      $Reply += ", last new moon was $MoonAge days ago"
	}

	& "$PSScriptRoot/speak-english.ps1" "$Reply"
	exit 0 # success
} catch {
	"⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])"
	exit 1
}
```

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