Getting The Moon Phase Picture Back

[Buford T. Justice]

I did some digging around on and off and found a pretty good Moon Phase Picture. I think the code has been removed from the Cumulus MX indexT.htm template.

From Cumulus 1.9.4, here is the original Almanac code:

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<!-- Almanac -->
<table style="width:100%;border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0;" >
  <tbody><tr>
    <td class="labels">Dawn:</td>
    <td class="site_data" style="text-align: left;"><#dawn></td>
    <td class="labels">Sunrise:</td>
    <td class="site_data" style="text-align: left;"><#sunrise></td>
    <td class="labels">Moonrise:</td>
    <td class="site_data" style="text-align: left;"><#moonrise></td>
    <td rowspan="3"><img src="images/moon.bmp" alt="Moon" width="64" height="64" style="margin: 0px 10px;horizontal-align:left" /></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td class="labels">Dusk:</td>
     <td class="site_data" style="text-align: left;"><#dusk></td>
    <td class="labels">Sunset:&nbsp;</td>
    <td class="site_data" style="text-align: left;"><#sunset></td>
    <td class="labels">Moonset:</td>
    <td class="site_data" style="text-align: left;"><#moonset></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td class="labels">Daylight:</td>
    <td class="site_data" style="text-align: left;"><#daylightlength></td>
    <td class="labels">Day Length:</td>
    <td class="site_data" style="text-align: left;"><#daylength></td>
    <td class="labels">Moon Phase:</td>
    <td class="site_data" style="text-align: left;"><#moonphase></td>
  </tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<!-- END Almanac -->

Now here it is with the correction to do Moon Phases in Cumulus MX:

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<!-- Almanac -->
<table style="width:100%;border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0;" >
  <tbody><tr>
    <td class="labels">Dawn:</td>
    <td class="site_data" style="text-align: left;"><#dawn></td>
    <td class="labels">Sunrise:</td>
    <td class="site_data" style="text-align: left;"><#sunrise></td>
    <td class="labels">Moonrise:</td>
    <td class="site_data" style="text-align: left;"><#moonrise></td>
    <td rowspan="3"><a href="http://aa.usno.navy.mil/imagery/moon" target="_blank"><img src="http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/cgi-bin/phase.gif" alt="<#moonphase>" height="75" width="75" style="margin: 0px 10px" /></a></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td class="labels">Dusk:</td>
     <td class="site_data" style="text-align: left;"><#dusk></td>
    <td class="labels">Sunset:&nbsp;</td>
    <td class="site_data" style="text-align: left;"><#sunset></td>
    <td class="labels">Moonset:</td>
    <td class="site_data" style="text-align: left;"><#moonset></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td class="labels">Daylight:</td>
    <td class="site_data" style="text-align: left;"><#daylightlength></td>
    <td class="labels">Day Length:</td>
    <td class="site_data" style="text-align: left;"><#daylength></td>
    <td class="labels">Moon Phase:</td>
    <td class="site_data" style="text-align: left;"><#moonphase></td>
  </tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<!-- END Almanac -->

You can also click on the Moon Phase picture to see exactly what the Moon looks like in its current phase.

If you want AM/PM times:

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<!-- Almanac -->
<table style="width:100%;border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0;" >
  <tbody><tr>
    <td class="labels">Dawn:</td>
    <td class="site_data" style="text-align: left;"><#dawn format="h:mm tt"></td>
    <td class="labels">Sunrise:</td>
    <td class="site_data" style="text-align: left;"><#sunrise format="h:mm tt"></td>
    <td class="labels">Moonrise:</td>
    <td class="site_data" style="text-align: left;"><#moonrise format="h:mm tt"></td>
    <td rowspan="3"><a href="http://aa.usno.navy.mil/imagery/moon" target="_blank"><img src="http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/cgi-bin/phase.gif" alt="<#moonphase>" height="75" width="75" style="margin: 0px 10px" /></a></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td class="labels">Dusk:</td>
     <td class="site_data" style="text-align: left;"><#dusk format="h:mm tt"></td>
    <td class="labels">Sunset:&nbsp;</td>
    <td class="site_data" style="text-align: left;"><#sunset format="h:mm tt"></td>
    <td class="labels">Moonset:</td>
    <td class="site_data" style="text-align: left;"><#moonset format="h:mm tt"></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td class="labels">Daylight:</td>
    <td class="site_data" style="text-align: left;"><#daylightlength format="H'h' mm'm' ss's'"></td>
    <td class="labels">Day Length:</td>
    <td class="site_data" style="text-align: left;"><#daylength format="H'h' mm'm' ss's'"></td>
    <td class="labels">Moon Phase:</td>
    <td class="site_data" style="text-align: left;"><#moonphase></td>
  </tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<!-- END Almanac -->

[scanman]

Thanks for that. I feel like Gru from the "Despicable Me" movies - I put the moon back!

[jlmr731]

Thanks nice to see the moon there now

[sungazer]

Just wondered if this code will be included in the next build. The moon phases are something I have always liked as well but putting the code in may be a bit much especially if the next update then reset this and I had to do it again.

TIA

[mcrossley]

If I were Steve, the problem for me with putting this in the MX source files is it introduces an external dependency that may change and and break the template in the future. In fact I just tried the link - http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/cgi-bin/phase.gif - and its not working for me at the moment - EDIT: Ah worked 5 mins later.

It just leads to more support questions on the forum when it doesn't work for some reason.

It's fine for people to tweak and self support though. I chose to be self contained and created my own graphic on my web server.

[water01]

I wrote a moon phase piece of code for MX users some months back, that is self contained (uses its own images), and works in the northern and southern hemispheres. https://cumulus.hosiene.co.uk/viewtopic.p ... se#p110751

[sungazer]

I am not a programmer. I can follow instructions and change code as directed but would not want to have to do this on a constant basis. The Moon Phase for me is important as my wife is Buddhist and a lot revolves around the stages of the moon.

Please put it back in as standard in a bold and beautiful way.

TIA