Northwest Arctic Borough climate

Sunrise and Sunset in Northwest Arctic Borough, 2026

Local time (AKST / AKDT)

Day length at Northwest Arctic Borough runs from 1 h 47 min at the winter solstice to 24 h 00 min at the summer solstice.

Today at Northwest Arctic Borough: light and direction

Saturday, September 26

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  • SR Sunrise 8:40 AM, 92° E
  • SS Sunset 8:28 PM, 268° W
  • MR Moonrise 7:46 PM, 72° ENE
  • MS Moonset 9:09 AM, 280° W
  • Moon 100% lit
Morning blue hour
7:47 AM to 8:08 AM
Morning golden hour
8:08 AM to 9:51 AM
Evening golden hour
7:18 PM to 9:01 PM
Evening blue hour
9:01 PM to 9:21 PM

Golden hour is the sun between 6 degrees above the horizon and 4 degrees below it; blue hour is the sun between 4 and 6 degrees below, the definitions timeanddate.com and PhotoPills use. Directions are degrees clockwise from true north, where the sun’s upper edge and the moon’s center cross a flat horizon.

Day length through the year

Hours of daylight at Northwest Arctic Borough through the year.0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month by month

Each month links to a day-by-day table with twilight, golden hour and the moon.

MonthSunrise, 1stSunset, 1stDay, 1stSunrise, 15thSunset, 15thDay, 15th
January12:34 PM3:02 PM2 h 28 min11:50 AM3:58 PM4 h 08 min
February10:47 AM5:10 PM6 h 23 min9:53 AM6:05 PM8 h 12 min
March8:58 AM6:56 PM9 h 58 min9:02 AM8:45 PM11 h 43 min
April7:55 AM9:43 PM13 h 48 min6:58 AM10:32 PM15 h 34 min
May5:52 AM11:33 PM17 h 41 min4:51 AM12:33 AM19 h 42 min
June3:17 AM2:18 AM23 h 01 min24 h 00 min
July24 h 00 min3:56 AM1:39 AM21 h 43 min
August5:20 AM12:17 AM18 h 57 min6:16 AM11:18 PM17 h 02 min
September7:17 AM10:08 PM14 h 51 min8:04 AM9:12 PM13 h 08 min
October8:57 AM8:09 PM11 h 12 min9:45 AM7:13 PM9 h 28 min
November9:47 AM5:07 PM7 h 20 min10:43 AM4:14 PM5 h 31 min
December11:50 AM3:16 PM3 h 26 min12:40 PM2:39 PM1 h 59 min

Full and new moons in 2026

Dates in Northwest Arctic Borough's own time zone.

Full moons
January 3, February 1, March 3, April 1, May 1, May 31, June 29, July 29, August 27, September 26, October 25, November 24, December 23
New moons
January 18, February 17, March 18, April 17, May 16, June 14, July 14, August 12, September 10, October 10, November 8, December 8

In your calendar

Sunrise and sunset at Northwest Arctic Borough for the next twelve months as a calendar you subscribe to: each morning runs from first light to sunrise, each evening from sunset to last light, shown as free time. It keeps itself a year ahead.

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Sources

Computed with the NOAA solar position equations (accurate to about a minute; the horizon is assumed flat and at sea level) and the lunar phase method of Meeus, Astronomical Algorithms.