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New York City will have a special event on the summer solstice.
If you are around 14th, 23rd, 34th, and 42nd on Memorial Day weekend, you will be able to see the gorgeous Manhattanhenge.
When the sun is setting in New York City, it coincides with east-west streets. The next opportunity will be on July 12 and 13 according to EarthSky.
It's possible that Stonehenge was used as a solar calendar.
The phenomenon can be seen from the Tudor City Overpass in Manhattan, or Hunter's Point South Park in Long Island City, Queens.
EarthSky added (opens in new tab) that it is possible to watch the sunset regardless of where you are, but make sure you are as far east as possible, while keeping New Jersey in the background to accentuate the effect.
The famous English Neolithic monument, whose sarsen stones and orientation with landmarks in the surrounding area are meant to reflect the movements of the sun, is called Manhattanhenge.
If you were to stand in the middle of the stone circle on midsummer's day, the sun rises just to the left of the Heel Stone, an outlying stone to the north-eastern part of the monument.
The sun would have set between the two uprights at the head of the sar if it had been mid winter.
The English Heritage said on another page that the winter solstice might have been more important in the Neolithic. Durrington Walls, a settlement just 2 miles (3 km) from Stonehenge, has evidence of food being eaten during the colder months.
EarthSky explained that many urban environments receive the same effect as Manhattan when the sun is in a different orientation.
Because of the Earth's axis of rotation, the sunset's position on the horizon is always shifting. The orientation of the island is reflected in the city grid, which is 29 degrees east of true north.
The sunset point on the horizon is shifting northward at this time of year, as seen from around the globe.
It is the northward-shifting path of the sun that gives us summer in the northern hemisphere and winter in the southern hemisphere.
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