The sky forecast was in query all week: Would it not be too cloudy to see the almost total lunar eclipse? The reply turned out to be no.
Affected person skywatchers across the DC space who stayed up late noticed the clouds break up simply sufficient — and simply in time — to witness the height of Thursday evening’s deep lunar eclipse.
At mid-eclipse, at 12:13 a.m. Friday, Earth’s shadow lined about 95 % of the Moon’s disc, which reworked from gleaming yellow to a delicate copper tone.
Under discover photos from Capital Climate readers from across the space:
Our moon falls into practically full shadow over the Washington Monument in Washington DC pic.twitter.com/gNWk7iOCzP
— Austin DeSisto (@AustinDeSisto) August 28, 2026
Lunar eclipse over Howard County, MD@capitalweather @JustinWeather @TonyPannWBAL @spacewxwatch @spann pic.twitter.com/b3hUehzc09
— Sami (@sami733777) August 28, 2026
Clouds thinned out simply in time for the lunar eclipse in DC#lunareclipse #fullmoon pic.twitter.com/ImYxLBYZwv
— C on the scene (@Conthescene) August 28, 2026
The moon briefly got here out of the clouds simply sufficient to see the #lunareclipse pretty clearly, however with out a clear sky I actually could not see any blood colour. Nonetheless, it was fairly cool, and the clouds gave it a number of completely different seems to be. #DC #cwshare @capitalweather.com
— Phil Yabut (@philliefan99.bsky.social) August 28, 2026 at 12:33 AM
Readers exterior the DC space – the place skies had been extra clear – captured even sharper views of the eclipse:
Mine from Halifax Nova Scotia pic.twitter.com/c2aQm3Q31v
— 𝓕𝓮𝓵𝓲𝓷𝓪 (@RoseWX5) August 28, 2026
