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+from i3pystatus import IntervalModule, formatp
+
+import datetime
+import math
+
+import decimal
+import os
+
+from i3pystatus.core.util import TimeWrapper
+
+dec = decimal.Decimal
+
+
+# Moon phase module
+class MoonPhase(IntervalModule):
+    """
+    Available Formatters
+
+    status: Allows for mapping of current moon phase
+    - New Moon:
+    - Waxing Crescent:
+    - First Quarter:
+    - Waxing Gibbous:
+    - Full Moon:
+    - Waning Gibbous:
+    - Last Quarter:
+    - Waning Crescent:
+
+    """
+
+    settings = (
+        "format",
+        ("status", "Current moon phase"),
+        ("illum", "Percentage that is illuminated"),
+        ("color", "Set color"),
+
+    )
+
+    format = "{illum} {status}"
+
+    interval = 60 * 60 * 2  # every 2 hours
+
+    status = {
+
+        "New Moon": "NM",
+        "Waxing Crescent": "WaxCres",
+        "First Quarter": "FQ",
+        "Waxing Gibbous": "WaxGib",
+        "Full Moon": "FM",
+        "Waning Gibbous": "WanGib",
+        "Last Quarter": "LQ",
+        "Waning Cresent": "WanCres",
+
+    }
+
+    color = {
+        "New Moon": "#00BDE5",
+        "Waxing Crescent": "#138DD8",
+        "First Quarter": "#265ECC",
+        "Waxing Gibbous": "#392FBF",
+        "Full Moon": "#4C00B3",
+        "Waning Gibbous": "#871181",
+        "Last Quarter": "#C32250",
+        "Waning Crescent": "#FF341F",
+    }
+
+    def pos(now=None):
+        days_in_second = 86400
+
+        now = datetime.datetime.now()
+        difference = now - datetime.datetime(2001, 1, 1)
+
+        days = dec(difference.days) + (dec(difference.seconds) / dec(days_in_second))
+        lunarCycle = dec("0.20439731") + (days * dec("0.03386319269"))
+
+        return lunarCycle % dec(1)
+
+    def current_phase(self):
+
+        lunarCycle = self.pos()
+
+        index = (lunarCycle * dec(8)) + dec("0.5")
+        index = math.floor(index)
+
+        return {
+            0: "New Moon",
+            1: "Waxing Crescent",
+            2: "First Quarter",
+            3: "Waxing Gibbous",
+            4: "Full Moon",
+            5: "Waning Gibbous",
+            6: "Last Quarter",
+            7: "Waning Crescent",
+        }[int(index) & 7]
+
+    def illum(self):
+        phase = 0
+        lunarCycle = float(self.pos()) * 100
+
+        if lunarCycle > 50:
+            phase = 100 - lunarCycle
+
+        else:
+            phase = lunarCycle * 2
+
+        return phase
+
+    def run(self):
+
+        fdict = {
+            "status": self.status[self.current_phase()],
+            "illum": self.illum(),
+        }
+
+        self.output = {
+            "full_text": formatp(self.format, **fdict),
+            "color": self.color[self.current_phase()],
+        }