--- title: Manhattanhenge: Solar Phenomenon Lights Up New York City description: Manhattanhenge returned for its second appearance this year radiating light across New York City's streets on Monday. canonical: https://time.com/4402199/manhattanhenge-return-new-york-city/ author: Amanda Calvo article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-12T03:34:15.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:34:17.837Z article:section: Science og:title: Manhattanhenge Returns to Light Up New York City Streets og:description: But spectators have a chance to see the phenomenon once more on Tuesday evening og:url: https://time.com/4402199/manhattanhenge-return-new-york-city/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt401018087c8580da/69889b820b72e3f6316ea262/gettyimages-452047522.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3193 og:image:height: 1796 og:image:alt: Setting Sun Lines Up With Manhattan Street Grid og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Manhattanhenge Returns to Light Up New York City Streets twitter:description: But spectators have a chance to see the phenomenon once more on Tuesday evening twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt401018087c8580da/69889b820b72e3f6316ea262/gettyimages-452047522.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Manhattanhenge Returns to Light Up New York City's Streets For the Last Time This Year > Sponsored content. 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Kena Betancur—Getty Images by [Amanda Calvo](https://time.com/author/amanda-calvo/) ## Amanda Calvo Jul 12, 2016 3:34 AM UTC “Manhattanhenge” [returned](http://time.com/2976496/manhattanhenge/?iid=sr-link1) for its second appearance [this year ](http://time.com/4351502/manhattanhenge-memorial-day-weekend-2016/)radiating light across New York City’s streets Monday evening. [The solar phenomenon](http://time.com/4351502/manhattanhenge-memorial-day-weekend-2016/) is a two-day event that appears twice a year at opposite ends of the summer solstice and occurs when the sun lines up perfectly with the city’s street grid, creating a ray of light between the buildings. Spectators have a chance to see it once more on Tuesday evening at 8:20 p.m. with a half sun appearing on the horizon, rather than the full sun. Dubbed Manhattanhenge by astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson for the A[merican Museum of Natural History](http://www.amnh.org/our-research/hayden-planetarium/resources/manhattanhenge/), the phenomenon got its name from Stonehenge in the U.K., where a similar event takes place every year on the summer solstice. On Monday, social media was full of stunning photos from Manhattan’s streets. > [](https://twitter.com/ThamKhaiMeng/status/752667831720939520) > [](https://twitter.com/kocyildirim/status/752663227704614912) > [](https://twitter.com/chiangtiff/status/747286789279211520) > [](https://twitter.com/rob%5Fbennett/status/752665485972541440) The best place to see the sunset is to be as far east in Manhattan as possible with New Jersey still in sight, [according](http://www.amnh.org/our-research/hayden-planetarium/resources/manhattanhenge/) to Tyson, with 14th, 23rd, 34th, 42nd and 57th streets all good viewing spots. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4402199/manhattanhenge-return-new-york-city/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4402199/manhattanhenge-return-new-york-city/"},"headline":"Manhattanhenge Returns to Light Up New York City's Streets For the Last Time This Year","datePublished":"2016-07-12T03:34:15.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:34:17.837Z","description":"The solar phenomenon occurs only twice a year at opposite ends of the summer solstice","url":"https://time.com/4402199/manhattanhenge-return-new-york-city/","keywords":["astronomy","Newsfeed","viral","New York City","pictures","sun","manhattan"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt401018087c8580da/69889b820b72e3f6316ea262/gettyimages-452047522.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Amanda Calvo","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/amanda-calvo/"}],"articleSection":"Science","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt401018087c8580da/69889b820b72e3f6316ea262/gettyimages-452047522.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Setting Sun Lines Up With Manhattan Street Grid","caption":"Setting Sun Lines Up With Manhattan Street Grid","creditText":"Kena Betancur—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/science/","name":"Science"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/astronomy/","name":"astronomy"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4402199/manhattanhenge-return-new-york-city/","name":"Manhattanhenge Returns to Light Up New York City's Streets For the Last Time This Year"}}]}] ```