**Note: The dates in this video apply to 2013. For 2024, Mahattanhenge occurs on:
Tuesday, May 28th at 8:13 pm ET (Half Sun) / Wednesday, May 29th 8:12pm ET (Full Sun)
Friday, July 12th 8:20pm ET (Full Sun) / Saturday, July 13th, 8:21 pm ET (Half Sun)

Four evenings a year, the brick, steel, and asphalt of Manhattan's cityscape take part in a unique alignment of metropolis and cosmos. The rays of the setting sun align perfectly with Manhattan's street grid—framed by skyscrapers and creating a breathtaking wash of illumination along the cross streets. Frederick P. Rose Hayden Planetarium Director Neil deGrasse Tyson first noted the phenomenon more than a decade ago and coined the term "Manhattanhenge."

In this video, Tyson discusses how he came up with the name and what future anthropologists might make of New York City's serendipitous alignment with the sun.

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