On a chilly Friday morning nature tantalized D.C., spreading clouds across the sky, but now and then permitting glimpses of a total lunar eclipse. The moon’s maneuvering seemed suited to March 14, which can be written as 3-14 and has therefore been dubbed Pi Day.

A total lunar eclipse overnight cast the moon over North and South American awash in red — although it was hard to see on Long Island due to the clouds and overcast skies. “It was hard to see, if you could see it at all,” Matthew Wunsch, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service, said.