phpvms/app/Console/Cron/Nightly.php

<?php

namespace App\Console\Cron;

use App\Console\Command;
use App\Events\CronNightly;

/**
 * This just calls the CronNightly event, so all of the
 * listeners, etc can just be called to run those tasks
 *
 * The actual cron tasks are in app/Cron
 */
class Nightly extends Command
{
    protected $signature = 'cron:nightly';
    protected $description = 'Run the nightly cron tasks';
    protected $schedule;

    public function handle(): void
    {
        $this->redirectLoggingToStdout('cron');
        event(new CronNightly());
    }
}