Re: [Orgmode] Moon phases

[Carsten Dominik]

On Jun 22, 2009, at 5:44 AM, Alan E. Davis wrote:

> I have enabled the inclusion of astronomical information in my  
> agenda displays, using Diary.org, including the following:
> #%%(diary-astro-day-number)
> %%(diary-phases-of-moon)
> #%%(diary-sunrise-sunset)
>
> I commented out the first and last, as the clutter is unacceptable  
> to me.  However, I realliy need to keep the phases of the moon.
>
> Tomorrow is the new moon.  Due to time of day of the New Moon, it  
> might actually be tonight.  And I'd like to be notified in advance,  
> a day or two, and it would be interesting, for similar reasons to  
> have notice in my agenda of New Moons and Full Moons a day or two  
> passed.  In fact, I really need to know how many days past New Moon  
> it is today, as I am watching out for spawning of corals.
>
> Can anyone suggest how I can do this?

Press M in the agenda, this is your fast route.

If you really want early and late warnings in the agenda display
itself, you would have to hack the function `diary-lunar-phases',
which is not too hard, I think.

- Carsten

> Alan
>
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>
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