MoonCal for BlackBerry Smartphones

Visualize the phase of the moon and know the upcoming lunar calendar

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MoonCal, a program for the BlackBerry® Smartphone, allows you to view the lunar phase for any given date in graphical form; it also shows the name of the current phase and presents a table of the upcoming phases for the next month. Optionally, MoonCal can also calculate equinoxes and solstices for the next year, and the upcoming Chinese New Year, and associated information. MoonCal includes the following features:

  • Presents the Lunar phase in graphic form
  • Presents the name of the current lunar phase
  • Calculates a table of upcoming lunar phases
  • Calculates a table of the lunar phases for the year
  • Calculates the next year of equinox and solstice dates
  • Identifies Blue Moons
  • Updates the HomeScreen icon to represent the current lunar phase
  • Calculates the Chinese New Year, Chinese astrological information, and Chinese calendar year
  • Choose to present phase, equinox and solstice times in UTC or local timezone
  • Choose to present Chinese New Year date in China timezone, UTC or local timezone
  • Works independently of cellular data networks

Screen Shots:


Main Screen

Equinox, Solstice, and Chinese New Year

Monthly Calendar

Seasons Calendar

Storm Screen Shots:


Main Screen

MoonCal is currently at Version 1.4.3

For your convenience, there is an OTA download for the 8100, 8200, 8300, 8700, 8800, 8900, 9000 or 9600 series BlackBerry smartphones. A Desktop download is also available.

Smartphone System Requirements:

  • OS 4.2.1 or higher

There is also an OTA download specifically for the BlackBerry Storm or Storm 2, and Desktop download for the Storm running device OS 4.7.x.x, or Storm 2 running 5.0.x.x. (the 4.7 version will work with the 5.0 operating system).

For the Storm and Storm 2:

  • OS 4.7 or higher

Version 1.4.3:Added yearly calander screens, added the ability to send dates to the personal calendar, added blue moon discovery. Update the HomeScreen icon with lunar phase.
Version 1.1.3:Initial Version.

The trial counts the number of times phases and/or dates are calculated. If you want to continue using it past the trial period (ten calculations), please buy the license key for only $2.99.
Don't forget to provide the PIN number for your BlackBerry smartphone in the "Instructions to Merchant". Your BlackBerry PIN is an eight digit hexadecimal number, such as: 32b1f483.
Use Alt+Cap+H to find your PIN number if you don't already know it.
After receiving notification of your payment and your Blackberry's PIN, a registration key will be generated and sent to the e-mail address of your payal account. Usually, this happens within an hour of purchase.

Buy it now via PayPal, only $2.99

Questions?

If you are interested in a program calculating for sunrise, sunset, moonrise, moonset, please take a look at another Tworoads Software product: HelioStat.

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(I will usually get a key out to you within one hour of purchase. Thanks.)



Scott Presnell
Last modified: Saturday, June 26, 2010 10:39 PDT