sentences.text: Manhattanhenge (sometimes referred to as Manhattan Solstice) is a semi-annual occurrence in which the setting sun aligns with the east-west streets of Manhattan's main street grid.
sentences.text: Manhattanhenge
sentences.text: (
sentences.text: sometimes
sentences.text: referred
sentences.text: to
sentences.text: as
sentences.text: Manhattan
sentences.text: Solstice
sentences.text: )
sentences.text: is
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: semi-annual
sentences.text: occurrence
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: which
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: setting
sentences.text: sun
sentences.text: aligns
sentences.text: with
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: east-west
sentences.text: streets
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: Manhattan
sentences.text: 's
sentences.text: main
sentences.text: street
sentences.text: grid
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: The term is derived from Stonehenge, at which the sun aligns with the stones on the solstices.
sentences.text: The
sentences.text: term
sentences.text: is
sentences.text: derived
sentences.text: from
sentences.text: Stonehenge
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: at
sentences.text: which
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: sun
sentences.text: aligns
sentences.text: with
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: stones
sentences.text: on
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: solstices
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: It was coined in 2002 by Neil deGrasse Tyson, an astrophysicist at the American Museum of Natural History.
sentences.text: It
sentences.text: was
sentences.text: coined
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: 2002
sentences.text: by
sentences.text: Neil
sentences.text: deGrasse
sentences.text: Tyson
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: an
sentences.text: astrophysicist
sentences.text: at
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: American
sentences.text: Museum
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: Natural
sentences.text: History
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: It applies to those streets that follow the Commissioners' Plan of 1811, which laid out a grid offset 28.9 degrees from true east-west.
sentences.text: It
sentences.text: applies
sentences.text: to
sentences.text: those
sentences.text: streets
sentences.text: that
sentences.text: follow
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: Commissioners
sentences.text: '
sentences.text: Plan
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: 1811
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: which
sentences.text: laid
sentences.text: out
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: grid
sentences.text: offset
sentences.text: 28.9
sentences.text: degrees
sentences.text: from
sentences.text: true
sentences.text: east-west
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: At sunset, a traveler along one of the north-south avenues on the West Side looking east can observe the phenomenon indirectly, being struck by the reflected light of the many windows which are aligned with the grid.
sentences.text: At
sentences.text: sunset
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: traveler
sentences.text: along
sentences.text: one
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: north-south
sentences.text: avenues
sentences.text: on
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: West
sentences.text: Side
sentences.text: looking
sentences.text: east
sentences.text: can
sentences.text: observe
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: phenomenon
sentences.text: indirectly
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: being
sentences.text: struck
sentences.text: by
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: reflected
sentences.text: light
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: many
sentences.text: windows
sentences.text: which
sentences.text: are
sentences.text: aligned
sentences.text: with
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: grid
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: An observer on the East Side can look west and see the Sun shining down a canyon-like street.
sentences.text: An
sentences.text: observer
sentences.text: on
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: East
sentences.text: Side
sentences.text: can
sentences.text: look
sentences.text: west
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: see
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: Sun
sentences.text: shining
sentences.text: down
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: canyon-like
sentences.text: street
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: The dates of Manhattanhenge are usually May 28 and July 12 or July 13 (spaced evenly around Summer Solstice).
sentences.text: The
sentences.text: dates
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: Manhattanhenge
sentences.text: are
sentences.text: usually
sentences.text: May
sentences.text: 28
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: July
sentences.text: 12
sentences.text: or
sentences.text: July
sentences.text: 13
sentences.text: (
sentences.text: spaced
sentences.text: evenly
sentences.text: around
sentences.text: Summer
sentences.text: Solstice
sentences.text: )
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: The two corresponding mornings of sunrise right on the center lines of the Manhattan grid are approximately December 5 and January 8 (spaced evenly around Winter Solstice).
sentences.text: The
sentences.text: two
sentences.text: corresponding
sentences.text: mornings
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: sunrise
sentences.text: right
sentences.text: on
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: center
sentences.text: lines
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: Manhattan
sentences.text: grid
sentences.text: are
sentences.text: approximately
sentences.text: December
sentences.text: 5
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: January
sentences.text: 8
sentences.text: (
sentences.text: spaced
sentences.text: evenly
sentences.text: around
sentences.text: Winter
sentences.text: Solstice
sentences.text: )
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: As with the solstices and equinoxes, the dates vary somewhat from year to year.
sentences.text: As
sentences.text: with
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: solstices
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: equinoxes
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: dates
sentences.text: vary
sentences.text: somewhat
sentences.text: from
sentences.text: year
sentences.text: to
sentences.text: year
sentences.text: .
text: Manhattanhenge (sometimes referred to as Manhattan Solstice) is a semi-annual occurrence in which the setting sun aligns with the east-west streets of Manhattan's main street grid. The term is derived from Stonehenge, at which the sun aligns with the stones on the solstices. It was coined in 2002 by Neil deGrasse Tyson, an astrophysicist at the American Museum of Natural History. It applies to those streets that follow the Commissioners' Plan of 1811, which laid out a grid offset 28.9 degrees from true east-west. At sunset, a traveler along one of the north-south avenues on the West Side looking east can observe the phenomenon indirectly, being struck by the reflected light of the many windows which are aligned with the grid. An observer on the East Side can look west and see the Sun shining down a canyon-like street. The dates of Manhattanhenge are usually May 28 and July 12 or July 13 (spaced evenly around Summer Solstice). The two corresponding mornings of sunrise right on the center lines of the Manhattan grid are approximately December 5 and January 8 (spaced evenly around Winter Solstice). As with the solstices and equinoxes, the dates vary somewhat from year to year.