ɐ mˈoːɹ ɪmpɹˈɛsɪv vˈɪʒuːəl spˈɛktəkəl, ænd ðə wˈʌn kˈɑːmənli ɹᵻfˈɜːd tʊ æz mˈænhɐtˌænhɛndʒ, əkˈɜːz ɐ kˈʌpəl ʌv dˈeɪz ˈæftɚ ðə fˈɜːst sˈʌtʃ dˈeɪt ʌvðə jˈɪɹ, ænd ɐ kˈʌpəl ʌv dˈeɪz bᵻfˌoːɹ ðə sˈɛkənd dˈeɪt, wˌɛn ɐ pədˈɛstɹiən lˈʊkɪŋ dˌaʊn ðə sˈɛntɚ lˈaɪn ʌvðə stɹˈiːt wˈɛstwɚd təwˈɔːɹd nˈuː dʒˈɜːsi kæn sˈiː ðə fˈʊl sˈoʊlɚ dˈɪsk slˈaɪtli əbˌʌv ðə hɚɹˈaɪzən ænd ɪn bᵻtwˌiːn ðə pɹˈoʊfaɪlz ʌvðə bˈɪldɪŋz.
A more impressive visual spectacle, and the one commonly referred to as Manhattanhenge, occurs a couple of days after the first such date of the year, and a couple of days before the second date, when a pedestrian looking down the center line of the street westward toward New Jersey can see the full solar disk slightly above the horizon and in between the profiles of the buildings.