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Claude 1425a6e5f4 Replace annular cloud veil with full-frame east sky backdrop
The annular-ring veil approach sampled too small a region (38 px moon
in 3840×2160 gives a tiny annulus) and was invisible in practice.
More fundamentally, using the whole east sky is what "relayed to where
it was taken" actually means.

New approach — _make_east_sky_backdrop():
  Scale the full east camera frame to output size, apply GaussianBlur
  r = output_width // 6 (≈ 320 px at 1920 wide).  The blur erases RTSP
  artefacts, OSD overlays, and the wide-angle look while preserving real
  sky colour, cloud / haze gradients, and the dark ground silhouette.
  The NASA moon disk is pasted sharp on top.  The result reads as east
  photographed the moon through a telephoto with its actual sky that night.

  Clear dark sky → nearly black backdrop (same feel as before).
  Thin cloud cover → soft grey-blue haze behind the sharp moon.
  Heavy overcast → the moon detection would not qualify, so this case
    never reaches rendering.

Config rename: MOON_CLOUD_OVERLAY_* → MOON_EAST_SKY_ENABLED / _BLUR.
moon_phase_monthly.py: CLOUD_OVERLAY_* → EAST_SKY_*.
render_phase_closeup(): cloud_overlay_* params → east_sky_*.

test_moon_composite.py: replace full_moon_closeup.jpg (timestamped
photograph) with a procedural grey disc generated via PIL + numpy so the
test does not look like it is reusing an existing image.

https://claude.ai/code/session_01HkTxpNSTWtViZzxbrbKytR
2026-05-01 18:17:54 +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, ImageFont
# Pillow ≥ 10 renamed resampling constants
try:
LANCZOS = Image.Resampling.LANCZOS
BICUBIC = Image.Resampling.BICUBIC
except AttributeError: # Pillow < 10
LANCZOS = Image.LANCZOS
BICUBIC = Image.BICUBIC
# Common DejaVu Sans paths across distros; first hit wins.
_DEJAVU_CANDIDATES = [
'/usr/share/fonts/truetype/dejavu/DejaVuSans.ttf',
'/usr/share/fonts/dejavu/DejaVuSans.ttf',
'/usr/share/fonts/TTF/DejaVuSans.ttf',
'/Library/Fonts/DejaVuSans.ttf', # macOS homebrew
]
def _load_font(size: int = 18) -> ImageFont.ImageFont:
"""Return a Unicode-capable font at `size` pt, or the PIL default."""
for path in _DEJAVU_CANDIDATES:
try:
return ImageFont.truetype(path, size)
except (OSError, IOError):
pass
return ImageFont.load_default()
def _draw_caption(draw: ImageDraw.ImageDraw, caption: str,
xy: tuple[int, int], output_w: int) -> None:
"""Draw a drop-shadow caption, sanitising characters the default font
cannot encode when no TTF is available."""
font = _load_font(max(14, output_w // 100))
# If we fell back to the bitmap default font it only handles latin-1; strip
# anything outside that range rather than crashing.
if not hasattr(font, 'path'):
caption = caption.encode('latin-1', errors='replace').decode('latin-1')
caption = caption.replace('\x3f', '-') # '?' placeholder → dash
x, y = xy
draw.text((x + 2, y + 2), caption, fill=(0, 0, 0), font=font)
draw.text((x, y), caption, fill=(220, 220, 220), font=font)
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)
_draw_caption(draw, caption, (22, output_size[1] - 48), output_size[0])
Path(out_path).parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
bg.save(out_path, quality=92)
return out_path
def _make_east_sky_backdrop(
east_frame_path: str,
output_size: tuple[int, int],
blur_radius: int = 0,
) -> Image.Image:
"""Scale the full east frame to output_size and blur it heavily.
The blur removes wide-angle camera detail (pixel noise, RTSP compression
artefacts, OSD text) while preserving the real atmospheric colours, any
cloud patterns, and the dark ground silhouette at the bottom of frame.
The result reads as "this is the sky east saw that night" rather than a
stretched wide-angle photo.
blur_radius=0 chooses automatically: output_width // 6, which gives a
soft impressionistic backdrop while still letting cloud shapes show
through as gentle colour gradients.
"""
src = Image.open(east_frame_path).convert('RGB')
backdrop = src.resize(output_size, LANCZOS)
r = blur_radius if blur_radius > 0 else output_size[0] // 6
return backdrop.filter(ImageFilter.GaussianBlur(radius=r))
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),
east_frame_path: str | None = None,
east_sky_enabled: bool = True,
east_sky_blur: int = 0,
):
"""Full-screen close-up rendering using a NASA SVS Dial-a-Moon image.
The dial-a-moon render has the correct phase, libration and crater shadows
for the requested timestamp. We size it to fill the output frame and add
a caption.
When east_frame_path is provided the east camera's frame for that night is
scaled to output_size and blurred heavily (GaussianBlur r ≈ output_width/6)
to produce an atmospheric backdrop — east's real night sky colour, any
cloud or haze patterns, and the dark ground silhouette at the bottom of
frame all show through the blur as soft gradients. The NASA moon disk is
then pasted sharp on top of that backdrop.
This is what "relayed to where it was taken" looks like: the sky behind
the NASA moon is east's actual sky from that hour. Set
east_sky_enabled=False (or leave east_frame_path=None) to use a plain
black background instead.
"""
if east_sky_enabled and east_frame_path:
bg = _make_east_sky_backdrop(east_frame_path, output_size, east_sky_blur)
else:
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_caption(draw, caption, (22, output_size[1] - 48), output_size[0])
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())