While you may be hoping that the event appeared larger, these satellite photos were actually taken at about 1100-1130am, which would be pretty close to the peak

While you may be hoping that the event appeared larger, these satellite photos were actually taken at about 1100-1130am, which would be pretty close to the peak attendance at the Inauguration. Using this map that utilizes the Washington Monument as a sundial, we can estimate the time based on the shadow provided by the monument: http://sundials.org/links/local/images/washmon.htm http://sundials.org/links/local/images/washmon.htm