<# .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/give-reply.ps1" "$Reply" exit 0 # success } catch { "⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])" exit 1 }