{"id":57040,"date":"2025-07-11T14:17:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T14:17:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/57040\/"},"modified":"2025-07-11T14:17:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T14:17:12","slug":"manhattanhenge-2025-how-to-watch-time-forecast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/57040\/","title":{"rendered":"Manhattanhenge 2025: How to watch, time, forecast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/5B1C90230FAF761C9496B49D4F2A8E3D.jpg\" alt=\"Manhattanhenge 2024: What to know in NYC\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-57dc2675=\"\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\"><strong>NEW YORK CITY<\/strong> &#8211; If you missed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox5ny.com\/news\/weather-nyc-manhattanhenge-2025-dates-viewing-times\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Manhattanhenge back in May<\/a>, here&#8217;s your chance to see it for the last time this year.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-bd34935e=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">The stunning spectacle returns as New Yorkers and visitors gather to watch the sunset perfectly align between Manhattan&#8217;s skyscrapers.<\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">So, will Manhattanhenge be visible this time around? Here&#8217;s everything you need to know about where and when to watch, and how the weather will hold up:<\/p>\n<p> When is Manhattanhenge 2025? <\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">You can witness Manhattanhenge for a second time this year on Friday, July 11, and Saturday, July 12:<\/p>\n<ul original-article-post=\"\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\" data-v-bd34935e=\"\">\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\">July 11 will be full sun, meaning the sun will appear in full just above the horizon.<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\">July 12 will be half-sun, which means the sun will be partially obscured by the horizon.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">The first round of the phenomenon happened on May 28 and 29.<\/p>\n<p> What time is Manhattanhenge? <\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">Manhattanhenge happens at sunset, which will occur 8:20 p.m. on July 11 and 8:20 p.m. on July 12.<\/p>\n<p> Best places to watch Manhattanhenge\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">To get the best views of Manhattanhenge, head to the city&#8217;s broad east-west thoroughfares:<\/p>\n<ul original-article-post=\"\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\" data-v-bd34935e=\"\">\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\">14th Street<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\">23rd Street<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\">34th Street<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\">42nd Street<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\">79th Street<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> Will Manhattanhenge be visible? <\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">Mostly sunny skies are in the forecast for Friday. On Saturday, skies are expected to be partly sunny.<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/A9C3A83424299723AC07ECEA12962B99.jpg\" alt=\"NYC weather forecast\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-57dc2675=\"\"\/>   <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-bd34935e=\"\">The backstory:<\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">The term &#8220;Manhattanhenge&#8221; was coined by astrophysicist and native New Yorker Neil deGrasse Tyson in a 1997 Natural History magazine article.<\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">Tyson, the director of the Hayden Planetarium at New York&#8217;s American Museum of Natural History, said that the setting sun framed by Manhattan&#8217;s high-rises could be compared to the sun&#8217;s rays striking the center of the Stonehenge circle on the solstice.<\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">However, the planners who laid out Manhattan did not mean to channel the sun, unlike the Neolithic Stonehenge builders.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-bd34935e=\"\">Dig deeper:<\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">Manhattan isn&#8217;t the only city to experience the sunset spectacle.<\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">Chicagohenge and Baltimorehenge happen when the setting sun lines up with the grid systems in those cities during March and September, around the spring and fall equinoxes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">In Canada, Torontohenge occurs around February 16 and October 25.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\"><b data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source:<\/b> Information from this article was sourced from the American Museum of Natural History and the Associated Press.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox5ny.com\/tag\/us\/ny\/nyc\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-bd34935e=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New York City<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox5ny.com\/tag\/lifestyle\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-bd34935e=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lifestyle<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK CITY &#8211; If you missed Manhattanhenge back in May, here&#8217;s your chance to see it for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":57041,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,1165,405,403,50,5226,5225,5228,5227,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-57040","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-lifestyle","10":"tag-new-york","11":"tag-new-york-city","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-newyork","14":"tag-newyorkcity","15":"tag-ny","16":"tag-nyc","17":"tag-united-states","18":"tag-united-states-of-america","19":"tag-unitedstates","20":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","21":"tag-us","22":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114835033070289727","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57040"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57040\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}