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We are currently in the Major Lunar Standstill. While the lunar rise usually shifts along the horizon, over the past year it has barely changed. A team of archeo-astronomers is using this event to study a new theory that Stonehenge marks this standstill — as well as the solar Equinox and Solstice.

Ancient humans paid much closer attention to the moon’s movement and even built their monuments to reflect that rare still period, which takes place about every 19 years. Now, a team of archaeologists and astronomers in the U.K. is using the two-year standstill to prove whether one of the U.K.’s most famous and mysterious landmarks — the 5,000-year-old Stonehenge — reflects the celestial phenomenon in its design.

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