Jul 12, 2018; New York City, NY, USA; Thousands stand on and above 42nd Street and on many cross streets in Manhattan to photograph Manhattanhenge, the occurrence when the sun sets in alignment with the streets that run east to west on Manhattan's street grid. Mandatory Credit: Seth Harrison/The Journal News via USA TODAY NETWORK
News: Manhattanhenge
NEW YORK (AP) — There’s still time to catch Manhattanhenge, when the setting sun aligns with the Manhattan street grid and bathes the urban canyons in a rosy glow. The last two Manhattanhenge sunsets of 2022 are Monday and Tuesday. Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson coined the term in a 1997 article in the magazine Natural History. Tyson has said that he was inspired by a visit to Stonehenge as a teenager. Manhattanhenge happens about three weeks before the summer solstice and again about three weeks after. That’s when the sun aligns itself perfectly with the Manhattan grid’s east-west streets.
