Moon Phase Window — Tsukimado

Press the crescent in your toolbar, and tonight's moon rises in a small indigo window. ■ The moon as it is Not a photo $2014 the terminator is computed from the moon's age and drawn on the spot. A faint earthshine blue lingers on the shadowed side, and stars flicker through drifting haze. ■ Traditional phase names Thirty names from new moon to old, lit in vertical script: Thirteenth Night, Eve of the Full, Sixteenth Night $2014 including the waiting lineage of the Stand-and-Wait, Sit-and-Wait and Sleep-and-Wait Moons. Each English name is a translation that keeps its meaning. ■ The moon's sign Computed from the moon's ecliptic longitude $2014 "Moon in Scorpio", in a single line. ■ Next new & full moon Dates and times from astronomical calculation, accurate to a minute or two. On the day itself, a quiet sparkle says "Tonight is the full moon." ■ Designed for quiet No permissions. No network. Everything is computed on your side, in Japanese or English.