🌘 Lunar Phase Card

This is a Lovelace custom card for Home Assistant that provides detailed information about the current phase of the moon. This card leverages precise astronomical calculations to deliver accurate lunar data, making it a valuable addition for those interested in astronomy, astrology, or just tracking the moon's phases.

Features

• Current Lunar Phase Display: Shows the current phase of the moon.
• Detailed Lunar Information: Provides additional details about the lunar cycle.
• Customizable: Easily customizable to fit your dashboard's theme.
• Responsive Design: Works well on both desktop and mobile devices.
• Custom Latitude and Longitude Configuration: Offers the possibility to configure custom latitude and longitude for precise lunar data.
• Specific Date Lunar Information: Option to display the moon information for a specific date.
• Multilingual Support: The card includes various translations, making it accessible in multiple languages.

Supported Localization

The following languages are supported in this project

Language Code	Language (Native Name)
ca.json	Català
cs.json	Čeština
da.json	Dansk
de.json	Deutsch
en.json	English
fr.json	Français
id.json	Bahasa Indonesia
pt.json	Português (Brasil)

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Table of contents

Table of contents

• Overview
• Features
• Installation
  • HACS Installation
  • Manual Installation
• Configuration

Installation

HACS (Home Assistant Community Store)

1. Go to HACS page on your Home Assistant instance
2. Add this repository via HACS Custom repositories How to add Custom Repositories

https://github.com/ngocjohn/lunar-phase-card

3. Select Lovelace
4. Press add icon and search for Lunar Phase Card
5. Select Lunar Phase Card repo and install
6. Force refresh the Home Assistant page Ctrl + F5 / Shift + ⌘ + R
7. Add lunar-phase-card to your page

Manual

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1. Download the lunar-phase-card.js.
2. Place the downloaded file on your Home Assistant machine in the config/www folder (when there is no www folder in the folder where your configuration.yaml file is, create it and place the file there).
3. In Home Assistant go to Configuration->Lovelace Dashboards->Resources (When there is no resources tag on the Lovelace Dashboard page, enable advanced mode in your account settings, and retry this step).
4. Add a new resource:
   • Url = /local/lunar-phase-card.js
   • Resource type = module
5. Force refresh the Home Assistant page Ctrl + F5 / Shift + ⌘ + R.
6. Add lunar-phase-card to your page.

Configuration

All options can be configured in the GUI editor. To configure the Lunar Phase Card, you can use the following parameters in your Lovelace configuration:

Name	Type	Requirement	Description
type	string	Required	The type of the card. For this card, use custom:lunar-phase-card.
entity	string	Optional	The entity_id from Lunar Phase custom component sensor.*_moon_phase
use_default	boolean	Optional	Whether to use default settings. Defaults to true.
use_entity	boolean	Optional	Whether to use entity settings. Defaults to false.
use_custom	boolean	Optional	Whether to use custom settings. Defaults to false.
show_background	boolean	Optional	Whether to show the background image. Defaults to false.
compact_view	boolean	Optional	Whether to display the card in a compact view. Defaults to false.
12hr_format	boolean	Optional	Whether to display time in 12-hour format. Defaults to false.
custom_background	string	Optional	URL of a custom background image for the card.
selected_language	string	Optional	ISO code of the language to be used. Defaults to system or en.
latitude	number	Optional	The latitude for which to calculate the lunar phase.
longitude	number	Optional	The longitude for which to calculate the lunar phase.

Note

The entity parameter is not required. It refers to the entity ID from the Lunar Card Custom component, which can be installed here. If the entity is not defined, the card will use the default latitude and longitude from the system configuration.

Example Configuration

Here's an example configuration for the Lunar Phase Card:

type: custom:lunar-phase-card
entity: sensor.your_moon_phase_sensor
use_system: true
use_entity: false
use_custom: false
show_background: true
compact_view: true
12hr_format: false
custom_background: '/local/images/moon_background.jpg'
selected_language: 'en'
latitude: 48.8566
longitude: 2.3522

Contribution Guidelines

We welcome contributions and are grateful for your support in improving this project. If you'd like to contribute, please follow our Contribution Guidelines to get started.

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