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+from i3pystatus import IntervalModule, formatp
+
+import datetime
+import math
+import decimal
+#import ephem
+import os
+from i3pystatus.core.util import TimeWrapper
+
+
+dec = decimal.Decimal
+
+# Moon phase module
+class MoonPhase(IntervalModule):
+
+	""" 
+		Available Formatters
+		
+		status: Allow for mapping of current moon phase
+		status {
+				
+				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",
+		
+	}
+
+	phase_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):
+		now = None		
+		days_in_second = 86400
+
+		if now is None:
+			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(),
+			#"phase_color": self.phase_color[self.current_phase()],
+		}
+		self.output = {
+			"full_text": formatp(self.format,**fdict),
+			"color": self.phase_color[self.current_phase()],
+		}
+
+