Good morning, Chicago.
It’s that time of year again.
During the autumn and spring equinoxes, the sun rises directly in the east and sets directly in the west. The buildings on the east-west streets embrace the sun as, thanks to 19th century urban planners, the city grid corresponds to points on a compass. It is a visual manifestation of a cyclical pattern that dictates the change of seasons.
Sunday marks the first day of fall. The Northern and Southern Hemispheres will receive the same amount of daylight and the tilt of the Earth’s axis will line up perfectly with the sun at 7:43 am. So, day by day, the Northern Hemisphere will tilt away from the sun and Chicago’s days will get shorter. , the shortest being the winter solstice on December 21. The Northern Hemisphere then slowly inches back toward the sun, resulting in the spring equinox — and another Chicagohenge — on March 20.
Residents planning to watch Chicagohenge at sunrise Sunday should go to the west end of a downtown street and look east at 6:38 a.m. Sunday, said Hunter Miller, Adler public observation educator. Planetarium. Those who hit their snooze alarm can catch the phenomenon again at 6:46 pm if they look west from the eastern end of the street. For the best view, Butler suggests finding a higher vantage point like an elevated CTA platform. Some of his favorites are State/Lake and LaSalle/Van Buren stations.
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