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Total Solar Eclipse 2024

This example shows the Moon and Sun about 30 minutes before the total solar eclipse that occurred on April 8, 2024, as seen from Cleveland, Ohio.

The total eclipse started at 15:13:46 Eastern Time, so if you set that as the time then you'll see the dark moon completely block the Sun (you can confirm the Sun was plotted by accessing the plot's objects.sun property).

from datetime import datetime
from pytz import timezone

from starplot import Moon, optics
from starplot.styles import PlotStyle, extensions

# time of partial eclipse. total eclipse started at 15:13:46
eastern = timezone("US/Eastern")
dt = eastern.localize(datetime(2024, 4, 8, 14, 40, 47, 0))

# Cleveland, Ohio
lat = 41.482222
lon = -81.669722

m = Moon.get(dt=dt, lat=lat, lon=lon)

op = m.create_optic(
    lat=lat,
    lon=lon,
    dt=dt,
    optic=optics.Binoculars(magnification=20, fov=65),
    style=PlotStyle().extend(extensions.BLUE_DARK, extensions.OPTIC),
    resolution=2000,
)
op.moon(
    true_size=True,
    show_phase=True,
    label=None,
)
op.sun(
    true_size=True,
    style__marker__color="#ffd22e",
    label=None,
)

op.export("optic_solar_eclipse.png", padding=0.1, transparent=True)