Sunrise and sunset in North Pole

North Pole Sunrise, Sunset and Moon in January 2026

Local time (AKST)

Day length goes from 4 h 05 min on January 1 to 6 h 53 min on January 31. Sunrise moves from 10:51 AM to 9:37 AM and sunset from 2:56 PM to 4:30 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
Jan 19:30 AM10:51 AM2:56 PM4:17 PM6:28 PM4 h 05 minWaxing gibbous, 96%
Jan 29:29 AM10:49 AM2:58 PM4:18 PM6:29 PM4 h 09 min+4.0 minWaxing gibbous, 99%
Jan 39:28 AM10:48 AM3:00 PM4:20 PM6:31 PM4 h 12 min+3.0 minFull moon 1:03 AM
Jan 49:28 AM10:46 AM3:03 PM4:22 PM6:32 PM4 h 17 min+5.0 minWaning gibbous, 99%4:54 PM12:16 PM
Jan 59:27 AM10:45 AM3:06 PM4:24 PM6:33 PM4 h 21 min+4.0 minWaning gibbous, 95%7:06 PM11:55 AM
Jan 69:26 AM10:43 AM3:08 PM4:26 PM6:35 PM4 h 25 min+4.0 minWaning gibbous, 90%9:00 PM11:42 AM
Jan 79:25 AM10:41 AM3:11 PM4:28 PM6:37 PM4 h 30 min+5.0 minWaning gibbous, 83%10:44 PM11:30 AM
Jan 89:23 AM10:39 AM3:14 PM4:30 PM6:38 PM4 h 35 min+5.0 minWaning gibbous, 74%11:19 AM
Jan 99:22 AM10:37 AM3:17 PM4:32 PM6:40 PM4 h 40 min+5.0 minWaning gibbous, 64%12:22 AM11:09 AM
Jan 109:21 AM10:35 AM3:20 PM4:34 PM6:42 PM4 h 45 min+5.0 minLast quarter 6:48 AM1:59 AM10:57 AM
Jan 119:19 AM10:33 AM3:23 PM4:36 PM6:43 PM4 h 50 min+5.0 minLast quarter, 43%3:40 AM10:44 AM
Jan 129:18 AM10:31 AM3:26 PM4:38 PM6:45 PM4 h 55 min+5.0 minWaning crescent, 33%5:29 AM10:26 AM
Jan 139:16 AM10:28 AM3:29 PM4:41 PM6:47 PM5 h 01 min+6.0 minWaning crescent, 23%7:44 AM9:47 AM
Jan 149:15 AM10:26 AM3:32 PM4:43 PM6:49 PM5 h 06 min+5.0 minWaning crescent, 15%
Jan 159:13 AM10:23 AM3:35 PM4:46 PM6:51 PM5 h 12 min+6.0 minWaning crescent, 8%
Jan 169:11 AM10:21 AM3:39 PM4:48 PM6:53 PM5 h 18 min+6.0 minWaning crescent, 3%
Jan 179:09 AM10:18 AM3:42 PM4:51 PM6:55 PM5 h 24 min+6.0 minNew moon, 1%
Jan 189:07 AM10:15 AM3:45 PM4:53 PM6:57 PM5 h 30 min+6.0 minNew moon 10:52 AM11:39 AM2:48 PM
Jan 199:05 AM10:13 AM3:49 PM4:56 PM6:59 PM5 h 36 min+6.0 minWaxing crescent, 2%11:10 AM4:59 PM
Jan 209:03 AM10:10 AM3:52 PM4:58 PM7:01 PM5 h 42 min+6.0 minWaxing crescent, 6%10:54 AM6:53 PM
Jan 219:01 AM10:07 AM3:55 PM5:01 PM7:03 PM5 h 48 min+6.0 minWaxing crescent, 12%10:41 AM8:39 PM
Jan 228:59 AM10:04 AM3:59 PM5:04 PM7:06 PM5 h 55 min+7.0 minWaxing crescent, 19%10:30 AM10:24 PM
Jan 238:57 AM10:01 AM4:02 PM5:07 PM7:08 PM6 h 01 min+6.0 minWaxing crescent, 28%10:19 AM
Jan 248:55 AM9:58 AM4:06 PM5:09 PM1:33 PM7:10 PM6 h 08 min+7.0 minWaxing crescent, 38%10:08 AM12:10 AM
Jan 258:52 AM9:55 AM4:09 PM5:12 PM1:48 PM7:13 PM6 h 14 min+6.0 minFirst quarter 7:48 PM9:54 AM2:03 AM
Jan 268:50 AM9:52 AM4:13 PM5:15 PM1:59 PM7:15 PM6 h 21 min+7.0 minFirst quarter, 59%9:36 AM4:09 AM
Jan 278:48 AM9:49 AM4:16 PM5:18 PM2:09 PM7:17 PM6 h 27 min+6.0 minWaxing gibbous, 70%8:55 AM6:48 AM
Jan 288:45 AM9:46 AM4:20 PM5:21 PM2:18 PM7:20 PM6 h 34 min+7.0 minWaxing gibbous, 79%
Jan 298:43 AM9:43 AM4:23 PM5:24 PM2:26 PM7:22 PM6 h 40 min+6.0 minWaxing gibbous, 87%
Jan 308:40 AM9:40 AM4:27 PM5:26 PM2:33 PM7:25 PM6 h 47 min+7.0 minWaxing gibbous, 93%
Jan 318:37 AM9:37 AM4:30 PM5:29 PM2:40 PM7:27 PM6 h 53 min+6.0 minWaxing gibbous, 97%1:45 PM10:47 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.