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Claude 28c3c1dc63 Switch monthly phase close-ups to NASA SVS Dial-a-Moon at fullscreen
The previous east-flavored composite (tight-crop east region + lunar
texture overlay) was honest but visually limited: 38-px source moon, no
real terminator shadows on quarters, and a faint upscaled-halo
background that was less compelling than just a clean lunar render.

New flow:
- East stays the witness (verifies the moon was visible during the
  collection window) and supplies the timestamp.
- moon_dialamoon.py fetches the NASA SVS Dial-a-Moon render for that
  exact UTC hour. Free, public-domain, real-physics: correct phase,
  libration, and crater shadows for any timestamp.
- moon_composite.render_phase_closeup() places that render at ~92% of
  frame height on a 1920x1080 black background -- the long-telephoto
  look the user asked for.
- One API call per phase event (~36/year), cached forever in
  moon-ref/dialamoon/.

Quarter moons now show real 3D crater shadows along the terminator,
which the prior algorithmic phase-shadow couldn't simulate from a
full-moon reference.

Adds MOON_REQUIRE_EAST_VERIFY=true|false toggle so the user can choose
"only post when east saw it" (default, current behavior) vs "post every
cycle regardless of weather over east."

Drops the install-time lunar reference download (no longer needed) and
the now-unused per-phase phase-shadow path stays in moon_composite.py
for reference / future reuse.

https://claude.ai/code/session_015PBVDESC3KLMbq1LpA6qLn
2026-05-01 11:54:46 +00:00

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#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""moon_composite.py — paint a high-res lunar texture into a sky-cam frame.
Goal: from a frame east captured of a small white blob (~38 px), produce a
1920x1080 image that looks like east took it through a 65x telephoto.
What's real, from east:
- Sky color, atmospheric halo, any clouds drifting past
- Time, parallactic angle (orientation of "up" on the moon)
- Position of the moon in the frame at that instant
What's borrowed:
- The lunar surface texture (one cached high-res reference image)
Library entry point:
from moon_composite import composite_full_moon
composite_full_moon(
source_jpg='/data/east/2026-04-29/21-07-00.jpg',
detection=detect_moon(...),
when_utc=datetime(2026, 4, 29, 21, 7, 0, tzinfo=timezone.utc),
ref_moon_path='/path/to/full-moon.jpg',
out_path='/movies/east/full-moons/2026-04-full-moon.jpg',
)
CLI:
python3 moon_composite.py SOURCE.jpg WHEN_UTC REF_MOON.jpg OUT.jpg
"""
from __future__ import annotations
import argparse
import math
import sys
from datetime import datetime, timezone
from pathlib import Path
import numpy as np
from PIL import Image, ImageDraw, ImageFilter
# Pillow ≥ 10 renamed resampling constants
try:
LANCZOS = Image.Resampling.LANCZOS
BICUBIC = Image.Resampling.BICUBIC
except AttributeError: # Pillow < 10
LANCZOS = Image.LANCZOS
BICUBIC = Image.BICUBIC
def _square_crop_to_disk(ref: Image.Image, threshold: int = 25) -> Image.Image:
"""Tight-crop a reference moon image to the disk's bounding square.
Most lunar reference photos have the disk on a large black field with
significant padding. We threshold on luminance and crop to bbox + small
margin so the disk fills our target square evenly.
"""
g = np.asarray(ref.convert('L'))
mask = g >= threshold
ys, xs = np.where(mask)
if len(xs) == 0:
return ref
x0, x1 = int(xs.min()), int(xs.max())
y0, y1 = int(ys.min()), int(ys.max())
cx = (x0 + x1) // 2
cy = (y0 + y1) // 2
half = max(x1 - x0, y1 - y0) // 2 + 4 # tiny margin
left = max(0, cx - half)
top = max(0, cy - half)
right = min(ref.width, cx + half)
bottom = min(ref.height, cy + half)
return ref.crop((left, top, right, bottom))
def _disk_mask(size: int, feather_px: int = 6) -> Image.Image:
"""Soft circular alpha mask the size of the reference moon image."""
m = Image.new('L', (size, size), 0)
draw = ImageDraw.Draw(m)
# Inset slightly so the feather sits inside the disk edge
draw.ellipse((feather_px, feather_px, size - feather_px, size - feather_px),
fill=255)
if feather_px > 0:
m = m.filter(ImageFilter.GaussianBlur(radius=feather_px))
return m
def _apply_phase_shadow(disk: Image.Image, phase_angle_deg: float,
waxing: bool) -> Image.Image:
"""Darken the un-lit portion of the disk based on phase.
phase_angle_deg: 0 = full, 90 = quarter, 180 = new.
waxing: True = lit on right, False = lit on left.
Implementation: the terminator is an ellipse whose semi-minor axis is
cos(phase_angle). Pixels on the un-lit side are multiplied by a small
factor (not zero, so the un-lit limb stays visible like real earthshine).
"""
if phase_angle_deg < 1.0:
return disk # full enough that shadow would be a single-pixel sliver
w, h = disk.size
# Build a mask: 1.0 in lit area, 0.04 in un-lit area, soft transition near
# the terminator.
cx, cy = w / 2.0, h / 2.0
r = min(w, h) / 2.0
yy, xx = np.mgrid[0:h, 0:w].astype(np.float32)
# Normalise to disk coords (-1..1)
nx = (xx - cx) / r
ny = (yy - cy) / r
# Distance from disk centre (we still want to clip to the disk)
in_disk = (nx * nx + ny * ny) <= 1.0
# Terminator equation: x_norm = cos(phase) on the appropriate side.
# For waxing moon, the lit portion is right of the terminator (nx > x_t).
cos_p = math.cos(math.radians(phase_angle_deg))
# When the moon is more than half lit (cos_p > 0), terminator is on the
# un-lit side and the lit portion is broader. When less than half
# (cos_p < 0), terminator is on the lit side.
# Distance from terminator (positive = lit side)
if waxing:
d = nx - (-cos_p)
else:
d = -(nx - cos_p)
# Smooth step around the terminator (~2% of radius)
soft_px = max(1.5 / r, 0.01)
lit = np.clip(0.5 + d / (2 * soft_px), 0.04, 1.0)
lit = np.where(in_disk, lit, 1.0) # leave outside-disk untouched
arr = np.asarray(disk).astype(np.float32)
arr = arr * lit[..., None]
return Image.fromarray(np.clip(arr, 0, 255).astype(np.uint8), disk.mode)
def composite_full_moon(
source_jpg: str,
detection, # MoonDetection from moon_detect
when_utc: datetime,
ref_moon_path: str,
out_path: str,
output_size: tuple[int, int] = (1920, 1080),
moon_height_pct: float = 0.70,
caption: str | None = None,
):
"""Build the full-moon close-up composite and write it to out_path."""
# Lazy import — avoids loading skyfield when caller doesn't need it
import moon_phase
src = Image.open(source_jpg).convert('RGB')
cx, cy = detection.centroid_xy
src_diam = detection.diameter_px
# ── Crop east around the moon, sized so the moon fills moon_height_pct ──
crop_h = int(round(src_diam / moon_height_pct))
crop_w = int(round(crop_h * output_size[0] / output_size[1]))
sw, sh = src.size
crop_w = min(crop_w, sw)
crop_h = min(crop_h, sh)
left = int(round(cx - crop_w / 2))
top = int(round(cy - crop_h / 2))
left = max(0, min(left, sw - crop_w))
top = max(0, min(top, sh - crop_h))
crop = src.crop((left, top, left + crop_w, top + crop_h))
bg = crop.resize(output_size, LANCZOS)
# ── Where is the moon's center within the upscaled background? ──
moon_x_in_crop = cx - left
moon_y_in_crop = cy - top
scale = output_size[1] / crop_h
out_moon_cx = moon_x_in_crop * scale
out_moon_cy = moon_y_in_crop * scale
# ── Load reference texture, tight-crop to disk ──
ref = Image.open(ref_moon_path).convert('RGB')
ref = _square_crop_to_disk(ref)
target_size = int(round(output_size[1] * moon_height_pct))
target_size += target_size % 2 # even
ref_resized = ref.resize((target_size, target_size), LANCZOS)
# ── Phase shadow (skip when essentially full) ──
illum = moon_phase.illumination(when_utc)
pa = moon_phase.phase_angle(when_utc)
if illum < 0.995:
wax = moon_phase.waxing(when_utc)
ref_resized = _apply_phase_shadow(ref_resized, pa, wax)
# ── Parallactic-angle rotation ──
par = moon_phase.parallactic_angle(when_utc)
# PIL rotates counter-clockwise for positive angles; we want celestial
# north to end up "up" in the camera image. Negate so the rotation
# direction matches image-space y-down convention.
ref_rot = ref_resized.rotate(-par, resample=BICUBIC, expand=False)
# ── Composite with feathered circular mask ──
feather = max(4, target_size // 200)
mask = _disk_mask(target_size, feather_px=feather)
paste_x = int(round(out_moon_cx - target_size / 2))
paste_y = int(round(out_moon_cy - target_size / 2))
# Clamp so the disk stays fully on canvas (recenter if needed)
paste_x = max(0, min(paste_x, output_size[0] - target_size))
paste_y = max(0, min(paste_y, output_size[1] - target_size))
bg.paste(ref_rot, (paste_x, paste_y), mask)
# ── Caption ──
if caption:
draw = ImageDraw.Draw(bg)
# Drop shadow for legibility
draw.text((24, output_size[1] - 44), caption, fill=(0, 0, 0))
draw.text((22, output_size[1] - 46), caption, fill=(220, 220, 220))
Path(out_path).parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
bg.save(out_path, quality=92)
return out_path
def render_phase_closeup(
nasa_render_path: str,
out_path: str,
output_size: tuple[int, int] = (1920, 1080),
moon_height_pct: float = 0.92,
caption: str | None = None,
background: tuple[int, int, int] = (0, 0, 0),
):
"""Full-screen close-up rendering using a NASA SVS Dial-a-Moon image.
The dial-a-moon render already has the correct phase, libration and
crater shadows for the requested timestamp, so we simply size it to fill
the output frame on a black background and add a caption. No east
compositing — the moon dominates the frame the way a 65× telephoto shot
would.
"""
bg = Image.new('RGB', output_size, background)
moon = Image.open(nasa_render_path).convert('RGB')
moon = _square_crop_to_disk(moon)
target = int(round(output_size[1] * moon_height_pct))
target += target % 2
moon_resized = moon.resize((target, target), LANCZOS)
feather = max(3, target // 240)
mask = _disk_mask(target, feather_px=feather)
px = (output_size[0] - target) // 2
py = (output_size[1] - target) // 2
bg.paste(moon_resized, (px, py), mask)
if caption:
draw = ImageDraw.Draw(bg)
draw.text((24, output_size[1] - 44), caption, fill=(0, 0, 0))
draw.text((22, output_size[1] - 46), caption, fill=(220, 220, 220))
Path(out_path).parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
bg.save(out_path, quality=92)
return out_path
def _cli():
p = argparse.ArgumentParser()
p.add_argument('source')
p.add_argument('when_utc', help='ISO 8601 UTC, e.g. 2026-04-29T21:07:00Z')
p.add_argument('ref_moon')
p.add_argument('out')
p.add_argument('--caption', default=None)
p.add_argument('--moon-pct', type=float, default=0.70)
args = p.parse_args()
from moon_detect import detect_moon
det = detect_moon(args.source)
if det is None:
print('ERROR: no moon detected in source', file=sys.stderr)
return 2
when = datetime.fromisoformat(args.when_utc.replace('Z', '+00:00'))
composite_full_moon(
args.source, det, when, args.ref_moon, args.out,
moon_height_pct=args.moon_pct, caption=args.caption,
)
print(f'wrote {args.out}')
return 0
if __name__ == '__main__':
sys.exit(_cli())