• MoonPhase

MoonPhase

MoonPhase is a free J2ME application that displays the current moon phase on your mobile phone. It can also display the dates of all new/full moon phases for a given year. The program works on MIDP2 compatible Java-enabled phones, and does not require an Internet connection.

Features

The main screen displays the current moon phase, moon age and percentage of the moon progress. The percentage value represents the illuminated fraction of the Moon's disc as a value from -99 to +99.

The value is negative when the Moon wanes, and positive otherwise.

The New Moon phase is around 0% and the Full Moon phase is around the +/-99%.

To display the moon phase for a specific date, use the calendar control on the main screen.

Installing directly to your mobile device

To install MoonPhase directly from your mobile device:

1. Open http://wap.getjar.com with the built-in browser.
2. Click Quick Download.
3. Enter download code 37542, and click Next.
4. Click Download to Mobile.
5. Click Ok to start dowloading.

Note: Installing directly from a mobile device requires a mobile data plan (3G, EDGE, GPRS, CSD, etc).

Installing via a PC

To install from a desktop computer, download MoonPhase.jar and MoonPhase.jad to your desktop computer and then transfer them to your device via a cable, infrared or Bluetooth. For some mobile phones the .jad file might not be required. Alternatively, you can you the Download option on the getjar page.

MoonPhase uses portions of code from the MoonTool application by John Walker, the Stellafane Moon Phase Calculator by by Ken Slater, and the MoonCalculator by Angus McIntyre.