By Gus Saltonstall
New Yorkers will have their final chance this week to gaze on Manhattanhenge in 2024.
Twice a year, the full setting sun aligns perfectly with the Manhattan street grid, and that condition will take place on Friday.
“(It is) a radiant glow of light across Manhattan’s brick and steel canyons, simultaneously illuminating both the north and south sides of every cross street of the borough’s grid,” wrote scientist Neil deGrasse Tyson. “A rare and beautiful sight.”
The full sun on the grid will occur at 8:20 p.m. on Friday. For those who miss that, the half sun on the city grid will happen the next day on Saturday at 8:21 p.m.
Here’s where the American Museum of Natural History suggests watching Manhattanhenge.
- 14th Street
- 23rd Street
- 34th Street
- 42nd Street
- 57th Street
- Find a spot as far east as possible that still has views of New Jersey across the Hudson River.
The “Manhattanhenge Effect” has been happening every evening since May 30, where the sun appears between the grid, but Friday is one of the two days where it is the full sun.
The full sun Manhattanhenge also took place on May 29.
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