diff --git a/desktop/wmMoonClock/README b/desktop/wmMoonClock/README
index 6cba56e9e7..ebc8ae2e53 100644
--- a/desktop/wmMoonClock/README
+++ b/desktop/wmMoonClock/README
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 wmMoonClock is Window Maker moon phase dockable application
 
-wmMoonClock displays the current phase of the moon.  Clicking on 
-the icon brings up different displays - there are five in all.
+wmMoonClock displays the current phase of the moon.  Clicking on the
+icon brings up different displays - there are five in all.  Patched
+version displays correct results for both hemispheres.
diff --git a/desktop/wmMoonClock/SouthernHemisphere.patch b/desktop/wmMoonClock/SouthernHemisphere.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a6d5ec58ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/desktop/wmMoonClock/SouthernHemisphere.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+--- wmMoonClock-1.27/Src/wmMoonClock.c 1999-06-07 11:27:18.000000000 -0300
++++ wmMoonClock-1.??/Src/wmMoonClock.c 2004-12-15 18:59:50.714764064 -0200
+@@ -244,6 +244,7 @@
+		nMAX = 1000;
+	        ImageNumber = (int)(c.MoonPhase * 60.0 + 0.5);
+	        if (ImageNumber > 59) ImageNumber = 0;
++	        if (Glat < 0) ImageNumber = 59 - ImageNumber;
+	        j = ImageNumber/10;
+	        i = ImageNumber%10;
+	        copyXPMArea(67+58*i, 2+58*j, 54, 54, 5, 5);
diff --git a/desktop/wmMoonClock/slack-desc b/desktop/wmMoonClock/slack-desc
index d5378d4c58..a76411b01b 100644
--- a/desktop/wmMoonClock/slack-desc
+++ b/desktop/wmMoonClock/slack-desc
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
 wmMoonClock: wmMoonClock (Window Maker moon phase dockable application)
 wmMoonClock:
 wmMoonClock: wmMoonClock displays the current phase of the moon.  Clicking on the
-wmMoonClock: icon brings up different displays -- there are 5 in all.
-wmMoonClock:
+wmMoonClock: icon brings up different displays -- there are 5 in all.  Patched
+wmMoonClock: version displays correct results for both hemispheres.
 wmMoonClock:
 wmMoonClock:
 wmMoonClock:
diff --git a/desktop/wmMoonClock/wmMoonClock.SlackBuild b/desktop/wmMoonClock/wmMoonClock.SlackBuild
index 9fcbff5dbc..a1d9b95d06 100644
--- a/desktop/wmMoonClock/wmMoonClock.SlackBuild
+++ b/desktop/wmMoonClock/wmMoonClock.SlackBuild
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 PRGNAM=wmMoonClock
 VERSION=${VERSION:-1.27}
-BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
+BUILD=${BUILD:-2}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
 # Automatically determine the architecture we're building on:
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ mkdir -p $TMP $PKG $OUTPUT
 cd $TMP
 rm -rf $PRGNAM-$VERSION
 tar xvf $CWD/$PRGNAM-$VERSION.tar.gz
+patch -p0 < $CWD/SouthernHemisphere.patch
 cd $PRGNAM-$VERSION
 chown -R root:root .
 find . \
diff --git a/desktop/wmMoonClock/wmMoonClock.info b/desktop/wmMoonClock/wmMoonClock.info
index 9420c5b4f8..3b84c8038d 100644
--- a/desktop/wmMoonClock/wmMoonClock.info
+++ b/desktop/wmMoonClock/wmMoonClock.info
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 MAINTAINER="Cezary M. Kruk"
 EMAIL="c.kruk@bigfoot.com"
-APPROVED="rworkman"
+APPROVED="dsomero"