Celebrate Manhattanhenge

Saturday, July 11, 2026

7 pm

An audience in a movie theater, looking up at a large screen with abstract, black-and-white geometric shapes.
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The Museum’s Manhattanhenge program returns, with a lecture and viewing event celebrating the last opportunity to see the Manhattanhenge effect in 2026.

Join Associate Curator Jackie Faherty for an exploration of Manhattanhenge, the rare alignment of the setting Sun with Manhattan’s street grid, using the Museum’s OpenSpace software.

Following the program in the Museum’s LeFrak Giant-Screen Theater, gather outdoors for a Manhattanhenge viewing event! Enjoy the vibrant sounds of the Williamsburg Salsa Orchestra as the city is bathed in golden evening light. 

A cab drives on a New York City street, heading towards a sunset that appears between buildings on Manhattan's Upper West Side.
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This program utilizes OpenSpace software supported by NASA under award No NNX16AB93A. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.