Sunrise and sunset in Anchorage

Anchorage Sunrise, Sunset and Moon in December 2026

Local time (AKST)

Day length goes from 6 h 05 min on December 1 to 5 h 38 min on December 31. Sunrise moves from 9:46 AM to 10:14 AM and sunset from 3:51 PM to 3:52 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 18:48 AM9:46 AM3:51 PM4:49 PM1:49 PM6:39 PM6 h 05 minLast quarter, 52%12:21 AM1:49 PM
Dec 28:50 AM9:48 AM3:50 PM4:48 PM1:44 PM6:39 PM6 h 02 min-3.0 minLast quarter, 41%1:56 AM1:47 PM
Dec 38:51 AM9:50 AM3:48 PM4:47 PM1:39 PM6:38 PM5 h 58 min-4.0 minWaning crescent, 31%3:28 AM1:45 PM
Dec 48:53 AM9:52 AM3:47 PM4:46 PM1:33 PM6:38 PM5 h 55 min-3.0 minWaning crescent, 22%5:00 AM1:43 PM
Dec 58:55 AM9:54 AM3:46 PM4:46 PM1:27 PM6:37 PM5 h 52 min-3.0 minWaning crescent, 14%6:34 AM1:43 PM
Dec 68:56 AM9:56 AM3:45 PM4:45 PM1:20 PM6:37 PM5 h 49 min-3.0 minWaning crescent, 7%8:11 AM1:44 PM
Dec 78:58 AM9:58 AM3:44 PM4:44 PM1:11 PM6:36 PM5 h 46 min-3.0 minWaning crescent, 3%9:49 AM1:48 PM
Dec 88:59 AM10:00 AM3:43 PM4:44 PM6:36 PM5 h 43 min-3.0 minNew moon 3:52 PM11:20 AM2:03 PM
Dec 99:01 AM10:01 AM3:43 PM4:43 PM6:36 PM5 h 42 min-1.0 minNew moon, 0%12:23 PM2:48 PM
Dec 109:02 AM10:03 AM3:42 PM4:43 PM6:35 PM5 h 39 min-3.0 minWaxing crescent, 2%12:47 PM4:09 PM
Dec 119:03 AM10:04 AM3:41 PM4:43 PM6:35 PM5 h 37 min-2.0 minWaxing crescent, 7%12:55 PM5:43 PM
Dec 129:04 AM10:06 AM3:41 PM4:42 PM6:35 PM5 h 35 min-2.0 minWaxing crescent, 13%12:57 PM7:18 PM
Dec 139:06 AM10:07 AM3:41 PM4:42 PM6:35 PM5 h 34 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 21%12:56 PM8:49 PM
Dec 149:07 AM10:08 AM3:40 PM4:42 PM6:35 PM5 h 32 min-2.0 minWaxing crescent, 30%12:55 PM10:18 PM
Dec 159:08 AM10:10 AM3:40 PM4:42 PM6:35 PM5 h 30 min-2.0 minWaxing crescent, 40%12:53 PM11:46 PM
Dec 169:09 AM10:11 AM3:40 PM4:42 PM6:36 PM5 h 29 min-1.0 minFirst quarter 8:43 PM12:51 PM
Dec 179:09 AM10:12 AM3:40 PM4:42 PM6:36 PM5 h 28 min-1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 61%12:49 PM1:14 AM
Dec 189:10 AM10:12 AM3:40 PM4:43 PM6:36 PM5 h 28 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 71%12:47 PM2:47 AM
Dec 199:11 AM10:13 AM3:41 PM4:43 PM6:37 PM5 h 28 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 80%12:47 PM4:26 AM
Dec 209:11 AM10:14 AM3:41 PM4:43 PM6:37 PM5 h 27 min-1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 88%12:48 PM6:14 AM
Dec 219:12 AM10:14 AM3:41 PM4:44 PM6:37 PM5 h 27 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 94%12:53 PM8:11 AM
Dec 229:12 AM10:15 AM3:42 PM4:44 PM6:38 PM5 h 27 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 98%1:11 PM10:07 AM
Dec 239:13 AM10:15 AM3:43 PM4:45 PM6:39 PM5 h 28 min+1.0 minFull moon 4:28 PM2:14 PM11:27 AM
Dec 249:13 AM10:15 AM3:43 PM4:46 PM6:39 PM5 h 28 min+0.0 minFull moon, 100%4:08 PM11:53 AM
Dec 259:13 AM10:16 AM3:44 PM4:46 PM6:40 PM5 h 28 min+0.0 minWaning gibbous, 97%6:12 PM12:01 PM
Dec 269:14 AM10:16 AM3:45 PM4:47 PM6:41 PM5 h 29 min+1.0 minWaning gibbous, 92%8:08 PM12:02 PM
Dec 279:14 AM10:16 AM3:46 PM4:48 PM6:42 PM5 h 30 min+1.0 minWaning gibbous, 86%9:56 PM12:02 PM
Dec 289:14 AM10:15 AM3:47 PM4:49 PM6:42 PM5 h 32 min+2.0 minWaning gibbous, 77%11:36 PM12:00 PM
Dec 299:14 AM10:15 AM3:49 PM4:50 PM6:43 PM5 h 34 min+2.0 minWaning gibbous, 68%11:58 AM
Dec 309:13 AM10:15 AM3:50 PM4:51 PM6:44 PM5 h 35 min+1.0 minLast quarter 9:59 AM1:11 AM11:56 AM
Dec 319:13 AM10:14 AM3:52 PM4:53 PM6:45 PM5 h 38 min+3.0 minLast quarter, 47%2:45 AM11:54 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.