Many decades ago while living in New England (U.S.), I was watching a total solar eclipse and it being in July or August, it was very hot outside. A short time after the eclipse reached totality, the air temp seemed to have dropped some 20-25 degrees and it was now that I noticed all the stars out all over the sky, just as you would see at any late dusk evening. The thing that amazed me the most was that I could see the constellation the sun was in, just as listed in a farmer's almanac. Such eirie silence came over the neighborhood (birds,insects, etc.) and just as quickly they returned at about 1/2 way past totality.
Otherwise, only Venus, Mercury, Jupiter and Saturn have been seen by me just before and at sunset.
Mr Q