Sunrise and sunset in Anchorage Municipality

Anchorage Municipality Sunrise, Sunset and Moon in December 2026

Local time (AKST)

Day length goes from 6 h 06 min on December 1 to 5 h 38 min on December 31. Sunrise moves from 9:43 AM to 10:11 AM and sunset from 3:49 PM to 3:49 PM.

Every day

Dawn and dusk are civil twilight (the sun 6 degrees below the horizon); golden hour starts when the evening sun is 6 degrees up; full dark is astronomical twilight, 18 degrees down. A blank moonrise or moonset means it falls on the next day.

DateDawnSunriseSunsetDuskGolden hourFull darkDay lengthChangeMoonMoonriseMoonset
Dec 18:45 AM9:43 AM3:49 PM4:47 PM1:48 PM6:37 PM6 h 06 minLast quarter, 52%12:19 AM1:46 PM
Dec 28:47 AM9:45 AM3:48 PM4:46 PM1:43 PM6:36 PM6 h 03 min-3.0 minLast quarter, 41%1:53 AM1:44 PM
Dec 38:49 AM9:47 AM3:46 PM4:45 PM1:38 PM6:36 PM5 h 59 min-4.0 minWaning crescent, 31%3:25 AM1:42 PM
Dec 48:50 AM9:49 AM3:45 PM4:44 PM1:33 PM6:35 PM5 h 56 min-3.0 minWaning crescent, 22%4:57 AM1:41 PM
Dec 58:52 AM9:51 AM3:44 PM4:43 PM1:27 PM6:35 PM5 h 53 min-3.0 minWaning crescent, 14%6:31 AM1:40 PM
Dec 68:53 AM9:53 AM3:43 PM4:43 PM1:21 PM6:34 PM5 h 50 min-3.0 minWaning crescent, 7%8:08 AM1:42 PM
Dec 78:55 AM9:55 AM3:42 PM4:42 PM1:13 PM6:34 PM5 h 47 min-3.0 minWaning crescent, 3%9:45 AM1:46 PM
Dec 88:56 AM9:57 AM3:41 PM4:42 PM1:03 PM6:33 PM5 h 44 min-3.0 minNew moon 3:52 PM11:16 AM2:02 PM
Dec 98:58 AM9:58 AM3:41 PM4:41 PM6:33 PM5 h 43 min-1.0 minNew moon, 0%12:18 PM2:47 PM
Dec 108:59 AM10:00 AM3:40 PM4:41 PM6:33 PM5 h 40 min-3.0 minWaxing crescent, 2%12:44 PM4:08 PM
Dec 119:00 AM10:01 AM3:39 PM4:40 PM6:33 PM5 h 38 min-2.0 minWaxing crescent, 7%12:52 PM5:41 PM
Dec 129:01 AM10:03 AM3:39 PM4:40 PM6:33 PM5 h 36 min-2.0 minWaxing crescent, 13%12:54 PM7:15 PM
Dec 139:03 AM10:04 AM3:39 PM4:40 PM6:33 PM5 h 35 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 21%12:54 PM8:47 PM
Dec 149:04 AM10:05 AM3:38 PM4:40 PM6:33 PM5 h 33 min-2.0 minWaxing crescent, 30%12:52 PM10:16 PM
Dec 159:05 AM10:06 AM3:38 PM4:40 PM6:33 PM5 h 32 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 40%12:50 PM11:43 PM
Dec 169:06 AM10:07 AM3:38 PM4:40 PM6:33 PM5 h 31 min-1.0 minFirst quarter 8:43 PM12:48 PM
Dec 179:06 AM10:08 AM3:38 PM4:40 PM6:33 PM5 h 30 min-1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 61%12:46 PM1:12 AM
Dec 189:07 AM10:09 AM3:38 PM4:40 PM6:34 PM5 h 29 min-1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 71%12:45 PM2:44 AM
Dec 199:08 AM10:10 AM3:39 PM4:41 PM6:34 PM5 h 29 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 80%12:44 PM4:23 AM
Dec 209:08 AM10:11 AM3:39 PM4:41 PM6:34 PM5 h 28 min-1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 88%12:45 PM6:11 AM
Dec 219:09 AM10:11 AM3:39 PM4:42 PM6:35 PM5 h 28 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 94%12:51 PM8:07 AM
Dec 229:09 AM10:12 AM3:40 PM4:42 PM6:35 PM5 h 28 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 98%1:10 PM10:03 AM
Dec 239:10 AM10:12 AM3:41 PM4:43 PM6:36 PM5 h 29 min+1.0 minFull moon 4:28 PM2:13 PM11:23 AM
Dec 249:10 AM10:12 AM3:41 PM4:43 PM6:37 PM5 h 29 min+0.0 minFull moon, 100%4:06 PM11:50 AM
Dec 259:10 AM10:12 AM3:42 PM4:44 PM6:37 PM5 h 30 min+1.0 minWaning gibbous, 97%6:09 PM11:58 AM
Dec 269:11 AM10:12 AM3:43 PM4:45 PM6:38 PM5 h 31 min+1.0 minWaning gibbous, 92%8:06 PM11:59 AM
Dec 279:11 AM10:12 AM3:44 PM4:46 PM6:39 PM5 h 32 min+1.0 minWaning gibbous, 86%9:53 PM11:59 AM
Dec 289:11 AM10:12 AM3:45 PM4:47 PM6:40 PM5 h 33 min+1.0 minWaning gibbous, 77%11:33 PM11:58 AM
Dec 299:11 AM10:12 AM3:47 PM4:48 PM6:41 PM5 h 35 min+2.0 minWaning gibbous, 68%11:56 AM
Dec 309:10 AM10:12 AM3:48 PM4:49 PM6:42 PM5 h 36 min+1.0 minLast quarter 9:59 AM1:08 AM11:54 AM
Dec 319:10 AM10:11 AM3:49 PM4:50 PM6:43 PM5 h 38 min+2.0 minLast quarter, 47%2:42 AM11:52 AM

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Sources

Computed with the NOAA solar position equations and the lunar methods of Meeus, Astronomical Algorithms, for a flat horizon; hills and buildings delay a real sunrise.