.. note::
    :class: sphx-glr-download-link-note

    Click :ref:`here <sphx_glr_download_gallery_nightshade.py>` to download the full example code
.. rst-class:: sphx-glr-example-title

.. _sphx_glr_gallery_nightshade.py:


Nightshade feature
------------------

Draws a polygon where there is no sunlight for the given datetime.





.. image:: /gallery/images/sphx_glr_nightshade_001.png
    :class: sphx-glr-single-img





.. code-block:: python


    import datetime
    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
    import cartopy.crs as ccrs
    from cartopy.feature.nightshade import Nightshade


    fig = plt.figure(figsize=(10, 5))
    ax = fig.add_subplot(1, 1, 1, projection=ccrs.PlateCarree())

    date = datetime.datetime(1999, 12, 31, 12)

    ax.set_title('Night time shading for {}'.format(date))
    ax.stock_img()
    ax.add_feature(Nightshade(date, alpha=0.2))
    plt.show()

**Total running time of the script:** ( 0 minutes  0.040 seconds)


.. _sphx_glr_download_gallery_nightshade.py:


.. only :: html

 .. container:: sphx-glr-footer
    :class: sphx-glr-footer-example



  .. container:: sphx-glr-download

     :download:`Download Python source code: nightshade.py <nightshade.py>`



  .. container:: sphx-glr-download

     :download:`Download Jupyter notebook: nightshade.ipynb <nightshade.ipynb>`


.. only:: html

 .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature

    `Gallery generated by Sphinx-Gallery <https://sphinx-gallery.readthedocs.io>`_