PHOTOS: Glasses on for eclipse mania!

Eclipse mania captivated the D.C. area and the U.S. as the nation went outside in broad daylight, put on their glasses and looked up at the sky and watched the sun go from a bright round ball, to a glowing crescent, and for those in the path of totality, an incandescent ring.

See photos of the rare and dazzling celestial event.

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The moon covers the sun during a total solar eclipse at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Monday, April 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

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The moon is seen passing in front of the sun with the top of the Washington Monument in silhouette during a solar eclipse in Washington on Monday, April 8, 2024. (Bill Ingalls/NASA via AP)

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Solar prominences are seen during a total solar eclipse in Dallas, Texas on Monday, April 8, 2024. (Keegan Barber/NASA via AP)

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The large video screen over Progressive Field displays the total solar eclipse in Cleveland, Monday, April 8, 2024, before the Cleveland Guardians home opener baseball game against the Chicago White Sox. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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Crowds gathered on the National Mall. (WTOP/Nick Iannelli)

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Dozens of people take in the solar eclipse nearby the U.S. Capitol in D.C. (WTOP/Mitchell Miller)

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WTOP’s Anne Kramer reports from the roof of WTOP’s studio, describing it as “an electric kind of moment.” (WTOP/Mike Murillo)

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WTOP Sports Director George Wallace reports from the roof of the station during the eclipse. (WTOP/Mike Murillo)

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Solar eclipse viewers are snagging spots on the National Mall for witnessing the phenomenon. (WTOP/Nick Iannelli)

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Students at Colvin Run Elementary School are watching as the solar eclipse unfolds. (WTOP/Kyle Cooper)

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Statue of Franklin Roosevelt with eclipse glasses on April 8, 2024. (Courtesy Ron Cohn)

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Students and a teacher at Atholton High School in Columbia, Maryland, watch the eclipse. (WTOP/Giang Nguyen)

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WASHINGTON, DC – APRIL 08: Zion Edwards of Grand Prairie, Texas, looks at the solar eclipse near the base of the Washington Monument on the National Mall on April 08, 2024 in Washington, DC. People have traveled to areas across North America that are in the “path of totality” in order to experience the eclipse today. The next total solar eclipse that can be seen from a large part of North America won’t happen until 2044. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

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WASHINGTON, DC – APRIL 08: Lori Darnell of Lincoln, California, Julie Plemmons and Denise Lonngren, both of San Diego, California look at the solar eclipse near the base of the Washington Monument on the National Mall on April 08, 2024 in Washington, DC. People have traveled to areas across North America that are in the “path of totality” in order to experience the eclipse today. The next total solar eclipse that can be seen from a large part of North America won’t happen until 2044. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

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WTOP’s Kate Corliss looks through a telescope during the eclipse. (WTOP/Jessica Kronzer)

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WTOP’s Dave Dildine is in Maine for the eclipse. (WTOP/Dave Dildine)

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WTOP's Dave Dildine reports from an area of Maine that's in the path of totality

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The solar eclipse in Burlington, Vermont. (Courtesy Russ Mundschenk)

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A full solar eclipse in Erie, Pennsylvania. (WTOP/Mike Parris)

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Residents of Willowick, Ohio, which is on the path of totality, watch as the sun disappears during the solar eclipse. (WTOP/Sandy Kozel)

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WTOP's Sandy Kozel journeys to Ohio to be in the path of totality during the solar eclipse

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Residents of Willowick, Ohio, watch the solar eclipse. (WTOP/Sandy Kozel)

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People watch as the moon partially covers the sun during a total solar eclipse, as seen from Eagle Pass, Texas, Monday, April 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

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Didier Timothy-Mondesir watches the solar eclipse from Prince Edward County, Ontario, Monday, April 8, 2024. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP)

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Cincinnati Reds’ Jonathan India uses special glasses to watch the sun during a solar eclipse before a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers in Cincinnati, Monday, April 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Aaron Doster)

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Tawhid Rana, of Midland, Mich., hold his daughter Thia, as she views the sun through a telescope at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Monday, April 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)