Sunrise and sunset in Prudhoe Bay

Prudhoe Bay Sunrise, Sunset and Moon in December 2026

Local time (AKST)

Day length goes from 0 h 00 min on December 1 to 0 h 00 min on December 31. Sunrise moves from to and sunset from to .

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 110:10 AMDown all day3:15 PM6:11 PM0 h 00 minLast quarter, 52%1:52 PM
Dec 210:13 AMDown all day3:12 PM6:10 PM0 h 00 min+0.0 minLast quarter, 41%1:52 AM1:27 PM
Dec 310:16 AMDown all day3:10 PM6:09 PM0 h 00 min+0.0 minWaning crescent, 31%3:52 AM1:00 PM
Dec 410:20 AMDown all day3:07 PM6:08 PM0 h 00 min+0.0 minWaning crescent, 22%5:59 AM12:25 PM
Dec 510:23 AMDown all day3:05 PM6:07 PM0 h 00 min+0.0 minWaning crescent, 14%8:40 AM11:19 AM
Dec 610:26 AMDown all day3:03 PM6:06 PM0 h 00 min+0.0 minWaning crescent, 7%
Dec 710:29 AMDown all day3:01 PM6:05 PM0 h 00 min+0.0 minWaning crescent, 3%
Dec 810:31 AMDown all day2:59 PM6:04 PM0 h 00 min+0.0 minNew moon 3:52 PM
Dec 910:34 AMDown all day2:57 PM6:04 PM0 h 00 min+0.0 minNew moon, 0%
Dec 1010:37 AMDown all day2:56 PM6:03 PM0 h 00 min+0.0 minWaxing crescent, 2%
Dec 1110:39 AMDown all day2:54 PM6:03 PM0 h 00 min+0.0 minWaxing crescent, 7%
Dec 1210:41 AMDown all day2:53 PM6:02 PM0 h 00 min+0.0 minWaxing crescent, 13%
Dec 1310:43 AMDown all day2:52 PM6:02 PM0 h 00 min+0.0 minWaxing crescent, 21%2:28 PM7:11 PM
Dec 1410:45 AMDown all day2:51 PM6:02 PM0 h 00 min+0.0 minWaxing crescent, 30%1:44 PM9:23 PM
Dec 1510:47 AMDown all day2:50 PM6:02 PM0 h 00 min+0.0 minWaxing crescent, 40%1:15 PM11:20 PM
Dec 1610:49 AMDown all day2:49 PM6:02 PM0 h 00 min+0.0 minFirst quarter 8:43 PM12:50 PM
Dec 1710:50 AMDown all day2:49 PM6:02 PM0 h 00 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 61%12:25 PM1:15 AM
Dec 1810:51 AMDown all day2:49 PM6:02 PM0 h 00 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 71%11:57 AM3:16 AM
Dec 1910:52 AMDown all day2:49 PM6:02 PM0 h 00 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 80%11:17 AM5:36 AM
Dec 2010:53 AMDown all day2:49 PM6:03 PM0 h 00 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 88%
Dec 2110:54 AMDown all day2:50 PM6:03 PM0 h 00 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 94%
Dec 2210:54 AMDown all day2:50 PM6:04 PM0 h 00 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 98%
Dec 2310:54 AMDown all day2:51 PM6:04 PM0 h 00 min+0.0 minFull moon 4:28 PM
Dec 2410:54 AMDown all day2:52 PM6:05 PM0 h 00 min+0.0 minFull moon, 100%
Dec 2510:54 AMDown all day2:53 PM6:06 PM0 h 00 min+0.0 minWaning gibbous, 97%
Dec 2610:54 AMDown all day2:55 PM6:07 PM0 h 00 min+0.0 minWaning gibbous, 92%6:35 PM1:29 PM
Dec 2710:53 AMDown all day2:56 PM6:08 PM0 h 00 min+0.0 minWaning gibbous, 86%9:11 PM12:43 PM
Dec 2810:52 AMDown all day2:58 PM6:09 PM0 h 00 min+0.0 minWaning gibbous, 77%11:22 PM12:12 PM
Dec 2910:51 AMDown all day3:00 PM6:10 PM0 h 00 min+0.0 minWaning gibbous, 68%11:46 AM
Dec 3010:50 AMDown all day3:02 PM6:11 PM0 h 00 min+0.0 minLast quarter 9:59 AM1:26 AM11:19 AM
Dec 3110:49 AMDown all day3:04 PM6:13 PM0 h 00 min+0.0 minLast quarter, 47%3:32 AM10:47 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.