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Claude 5fb7ff09a3 Add nightly moon-track timelapse and monthly moon-phase composites
Two new jobs operate on the SUNRISE_CAM, sharing three Python helpers
(moon_phase, moon_detect, moon_composite) and one cached lunar texture:

- moon-track.sh: nightly batch detects the moon in each east frame,
  crops a 480x480 box around it, stitches into an mp4 that holds the
  moon roughly centred while clouds and stars drift past.

- moon-phase-monthly.sh: daily check that runs whichever phase composite
  is due that day. Handles full moon (posts D+3), first quarter (D+2,
  best-effort due to daytime-only geometry from east), and third quarter
  (D+2). Picks the frame closest in time to the exact phase moment that
  meets quality / altitude / illumination thresholds, then composites
  the cached lunar texture into it -- sky/halo/parallactic-angle/timing
  real from east, surface detail borrowed from the reference image.

Honest-by-design: a 38-px white blob from a wide-field IP camera cannot
be enhanced into crater detail by software. The composite makes the
borrowing explicit and constrains everything else (when, where, sky,
orientation) to match what east actually saw.

install.sh now downloads the skyfield ephemeris (de421.bsp) and the
default lunar reference (Wikipedia CC BY-SA full-moon photo) on first
run. Both can be overridden via .env.

https://claude.ai/code/session_015PBVDESC3KLMbq1LpA6qLn
2026-04-30 11:40:11 +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 _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())