The sky forecast was in question all week: Would it be too cloudy to see the almost total lunar eclipse? The answer turned out to be no.
Patient skywatchers around the DC area who stayed up late saw the clouds break up just enough — and just in time — to witness the peak of Thursday night’s deep lunar eclipse.
At mid-eclipse, at 12:13 a.m. Friday, Earth’s shadow covered about 95 percent of the Moon’s disc, which transformed from gleaming yellow to a subtle copper tone.
Below find pictures from Capital Weather readers from around the area:
Our moon falls into nearly 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 just 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 came out of the clouds just enough to see the #lunareclipse fairly clearly, but without a clear sky I really couldn’t see any blood color. Still, it was pretty cool, and the clouds gave it a few different looks. #DC #cwshare @capitalweather.com
— Phil Yabut (@philliefan99.bsky.social) August 28, 2026 at 12:33 AM
Readers outside the DC area – where skies were more clear – captured even sharper views of the eclipse:
Mine from Halifax Nova Scotia pic.twitter.com/c2aQm3Q31v
— 𝓕𝓮𝓵𝓲𝓷𝓪 (@RoseWX5) August 28, 2026
