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moon phase calculator
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moonphase.py
from time import time
def moon():
MOON_DURATION = 29.53058770576
KNOWN_NEW_MOON_EPOCH = 947116800
SECONDS_IN_A_DAY = 86400
PHASES = ["🌑", "🌘", "🌗", "🌖", "🌕", "🌔", "🌓", "🌒", "🌑"]
moonphase = (time() - KNOWN_NEW_MOON_EPOCH)/SECONDS_IN_A_DAY
moonphase %= MOON_DURATION
moonphase /= MOON_DURATION
moonphase = round(moonphase*8)
return PHASES[moonphase]
if __name__ == '__main__':
moonphase = moon()
print(moonphase)
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