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It was a spectacular site for those able to see it, Saturday morning’s solar eclipse.

Clouds made a great filter for the phone camera to see the annular solar eclipse here in Seattle!

— Audrey Sousa (@moohaha)

In the state of Washington, 75% to 85% of the sun’s surface was obscured by the moon, and if you were able to view it, the sun would have appeared to become a crescent, just like the crescent moon.

In Seattle, the eclipse started at 8:07 a.m. Saturday with 80% maximum obscuration by 9:20 a.m., with the annular eclipse ending at 10:39 a.m.

And to think I was ready to be upset about the cloud cover during today’s annular solar eclipse! These are not the moon (90% coverage in Seattle).

— Alex Anderson-Frey (@WxAlexandra)

If there was cloud cover preventing viewing of the eclipse, you likely noticed a significant darkening of the sky as the moon blocked most of the sun’s light.

Contributing: Morgan Palmer, ³ÉÈËXÕ¾ 7