Sunrise and sunset in Anchorage
In Anchorage today, the sun rises at 8:04 AM and sets at 7:33 PM. Day length: 11 h 29 min. Golden hour today: 7:38 AM–9:02 AM in the morning and 6:35 PM–7:59 PM in the evening.
Wednesday, September 30 2026 · United States
Wednesday, September 30 2026 · Times in Alaska Daylight Time (UTC-8)
Sunrise 8:04 AM · Sunset 7:33 PM · Day length 11 h 29 min
Twilight
| Event | Time | Direction |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 5:36 AM | |
| Nautical dawn | 6:30 AM | |
| Civil dawn | 7:21 AM | |
| Sunrise | 8:04 AM | E 95° |
| Solar noon | 1:49 PM | 25.7° |
| Sunset | 7:33 PM | W 265° |
| Civil dusk | 8:16 PM | |
| Nautical dusk | 9:07 PM | |
| Astronomical dusk | 10:00 PM |
Golden and blue hour
| Event | Begins | Ends |
|---|---|---|
| Morning blue hour | 7:21 AM | 7:38 AM |
| Morning golden hour | 7:38 AM | 9:02 AM |
| Evening golden hour | 6:35 PM | 7:59 PM |
| Evening blue hour | 7:59 PM | 8:16 PM |
Month table: September 2026
| Date | Civil dawn | Sunrise | Solar noon | Sunset | Civil dusk | Day length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun, Sep 27 | 7:14 AM | 7:57 AM | 1:50 PM | 7:43 PM | 8:26 PM | 11 h 46 min |
| Mon, Sep 28 | 7:16 AM | 7:59 AM | 1:50 PM | 7:39 PM | 8:22 PM | 11 h 40 min |
| Tue, Sep 29 | 7:19 AM | 8:02 AM | 1:50 PM | 7:36 PM | 8:19 PM | 11 h 34 min |
| Wed, Sep 30 | 7:21 AM | 8:04 AM | 1:49 PM | 7:33 PM | 8:16 PM | 11 h 29 min |
Daylight through the year
- Daylight
- Civil twilight
- Nautical twilight
- Astronomical twilight
- Night
Each column is one day. Yellow shows daylight, the blue shades show civil, nautical and astronomical twilight, dark blue is night. Steps in spring and autumn are daylight saving time changes.
Sun path
- Selected day
- June solstice
- December solstice
The sun’s path across the sky seen from above: the centre is straight overhead, the edge is the horizon. Solid: selected day. Dashed: June and December solstices.
Calculated with Astronomy Engine, an open-source library verified against the US Naval Observatory and NASA JPL. How we calculate
Sun facts in Anchorage
Anchorage lies at 61.2181° N, 149.9003° W, 31 m above sea level, in the America/Anchorage time zone.
The longest day of 2026 is June 20, with 19 h 22 min of daylight.
The shortest day is December 21, with only 5 h 27 min.
The earliest sunset (3:40 PM) is on December 16 and the latest sunrise (10:16 AM) on December 26: neither falls on the shortest day, because of the equation of time.
At noon, the sun climbs to 52° above the horizon in June but only 5° in December.
In June, Anchorage gets 5 h 57 min more daylight than Honolulu; in December the difference is 5 h 23 min the other way.
Clocks go forward on March 8 and back on November 1.
About the sun in Anchorage
Anchorage, at about 61.2° N, has some of the most extreme day lengths of any US city: more than 19 hours of daylight at the June solstice and only about 5 hours 30 minutes at the December solstice. In summer civil twilight lasts all night, and in winter the noon sun climbs only about 5° above the horizon, so it barely clears the mountains on the southern horizon.