Sunrise and sunset in Prudhoe Bay

Prudhoe Bay Sunrise, Sunset and Moon in January 2026

Local time (AKST)

Day length goes from 0 h 00 min on January 1 to 4 h 43 min on January 31. Sunrise moves from to 10:46 AM and sunset from to 3:29 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 110:47 AMDown all day3:07 PM6:15 PM0 h 00 minWaxing gibbous, 96%
Jan 210:46 AMDown all day3:10 PM6:16 PM0 h 00 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 99%
Jan 310:44 AMDown all day3:13 PM6:18 PM0 h 00 min+0.0 minFull moon 1:03 AM
Jan 410:42 AMDown all day3:16 PM6:19 PM0 h 00 min+0.0 minWaning gibbous, 99%
Jan 510:40 AMDown all day3:19 PM6:21 PM0 h 00 min+0.0 minWaning gibbous, 95%6:06 PM1:08 PM
Jan 610:38 AMDown all day3:22 PM6:23 PM0 h 00 min+0.0 minWaning gibbous, 90%8:36 PM12:20 PM
Jan 710:35 AMDown all day3:25 PM6:25 PM0 h 00 min+0.0 minWaning gibbous, 83%10:41 PM11:48 AM
Jan 810:33 AMDown all day3:28 PM6:27 PM0 h 00 min+0.0 minWaning gibbous, 74%11:21 AM
Jan 910:30 AMDown all day3:32 PM6:29 PM0 h 00 min+0.0 minWaning gibbous, 64%12:38 AM10:55 AM
Jan 1010:28 AMDown all day3:35 PM6:31 PM0 h 00 min+0.0 minLast quarter 6:48 AM2:36 AM10:24 AM
Jan 1110:25 AMDown all day3:39 PM6:34 PM0 h 00 min+0.0 minLast quarter, 43%4:49 AM9:39 AM
Jan 1210:22 AMDown all day3:42 PM6:36 PM0 h 00 min+0.0 minWaning crescent, 33%
Jan 1310:19 AMDown all day3:46 PM6:38 PM0 h 00 min+0.0 minWaning crescent, 23%
Jan 1410:16 AMDown all day3:50 PM6:41 PM0 h 00 min+0.0 minWaning crescent, 15%
Jan 1510:13 AMDown all day3:53 PM6:43 PM0 h 00 min+0.0 minWaning crescent, 8%
Jan 1610:10 AMDown all day3:57 PM6:46 PM0 h 00 min+0.0 minWaning crescent, 3%
Jan 1710:07 AMDown all day4:01 PM6:48 PM0 h 00 min+0.0 minNew moon, 1%
Jan 1810:04 AM12:32 PM1:37 PM4:05 PM6:51 PM1 h 05 min+65.0 minNew moon 10:52 AM
Jan 1910:01 AM12:17 PM1:53 PM4:09 PM6:53 PM1 h 36 min+31.0 minWaxing crescent, 2%1:15 PM3:06 PM
Jan 209:57 AM12:05 PM2:05 PM4:13 PM6:56 PM2 h 00 min+24.0 minWaxing crescent, 6%11:50 AM6:09 PM
Jan 219:54 AM11:55 AM2:15 PM4:17 PM6:59 PM2 h 20 min+20.0 minWaxing crescent, 12%11:12 AM8:23 PM
Jan 229:50 AM11:47 AM2:24 PM4:21 PM7:02 PM2 h 37 min+17.0 minWaxing crescent, 19%10:42 AM10:28 PM
Jan 239:47 AM11:39 AM2:33 PM4:25 PM7:05 PM2 h 54 min+17.0 minWaxing crescent, 28%10:15 AM
Jan 249:43 AM11:31 AM2:41 PM4:29 PM7:08 PM3 h 10 min+16.0 minWaxing crescent, 38%9:44 AM12:35 AM
Jan 259:40 AM11:24 AM2:49 PM4:33 PM7:11 PM3 h 25 min+15.0 minFirst quarter 7:48 PM9:03 AM2:57 AM
Jan 269:36 AM11:17 AM2:56 PM4:37 PM7:14 PM3 h 39 min+14.0 minFirst quarter, 59%
Jan 279:32 AM11:11 AM3:03 PM4:41 PM7:17 PM3 h 52 min+13.0 minWaxing gibbous, 70%
Jan 289:29 AM11:04 AM3:10 PM4:45 PM7:20 PM4 h 06 min+14.0 minWaxing gibbous, 79%
Jan 299:25 AM10:58 AM3:16 PM4:49 PM7:23 PM4 h 18 min+12.0 minWaxing gibbous, 87%
Jan 309:21 AM10:52 AM3:22 PM4:53 PM7:27 PM4 h 30 min+12.0 minWaxing gibbous, 93%
Jan 319:18 AM10:46 AM3:29 PM4:57 PM7:30 PM4 h 43 min+13.0 minWaxing gibbous, 97%

Golden hour, blue hour and where the sun and moon rise

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. A blank means the sun does not reach that height, or the moon does not rise or set, on that date.

DateBlue hour, morningGolden hour, morningGolden hour, eveningBlue hour, eveningSunrise directionSunset directionMoonrise directionMoonset direction
Jan 110:47 AM to 11:48 AM2:06 PM to 3:07 PM
Jan 210:46 AM to 11:45 AM2:11 PM to 3:10 PM
Jan 310:44 AM to 11:41 AM2:15 PM to 3:13 PM
Jan 410:42 AM to 11:38 AM2:20 PM to 3:16 PM
Jan 510:40 AM to 11:34 AM2:24 PM to 3:19 PM37° NE329° NNW
Jan 610:38 AM to 11:30 AM2:29 PM to 3:22 PM62° ENE305° NW
Jan 710:35 AM to 11:27 AM2:33 PM to 3:25 PM83° E286° WNW
Jan 810:33 AM to 11:23 AM2:38 PM to 3:28 PM268° W
Jan 910:30 AM to 11:19 AM2:43 PM to 3:32 PM102° ESE250° WSW
Jan 1010:28 AM to 11:15 AM2:48 PM to 3:35 PM122° ESE232° SW
Jan 1110:25 AM to 11:11 AM2:52 PM to 3:39 PM144° SE211° SSW
Jan 1210:22 AM to 11:07 AM2:57 PM to 3:42 PM
Jan 1310:19 AM to 11:03 AM3:02 PM to 3:46 PM
Jan 1410:16 AM to 10:59 AM3:07 PM to 3:50 PM
Jan 1510:13 AM to 10:55 AM3:11 PM to 3:53 PM
Jan 1610:10 AM to 10:51 AM3:16 PM to 3:57 PM
Jan 1710:07 AM to 10:47 AM3:21 PM to 4:01 PM
Jan 1810:04 AM to 10:43 AM3:26 PM to 4:05 PM173° S188° S
Jan 1910:01 AM to 10:39 AM3:31 PM to 4:09 PM169° S191° SSW170° S195° SSW
Jan 209:57 AM to 10:35 AM3:35 PM to 4:13 PM166° SSE194° SSW139° SE227° SW
Jan 219:54 AM to 10:30 AM3:40 PM to 4:17 PM164° SSE196° SSW118° ESE249° WSW
Jan 229:50 AM to 10:26 AM3:45 PM to 4:21 PM162° SSE199° SSW99° E270° W
Jan 239:47 AM to 10:22 AM3:50 PM to 4:25 PM160° SSE201° SSW81° E
Jan 249:43 AM to 10:18 AM3:54 PM to 4:29 PM158° SSE202° SSW61° ENE291° WNW
Jan 259:40 AM to 10:14 AM3:59 PM to 4:33 PM156° SSE204° SSW39° NE314° NW
Jan 269:36 AM to 10:09 AM4:04 PM to 4:37 PM154° SSE206° SSW
Jan 279:32 AM to 10:05 AM4:08 PM to 4:41 PM153° SSE208° SSW
Jan 289:29 AM to 10:01 AM4:13 PM to 4:45 PM151° SSE209° SSW
Jan 299:25 AM to 9:57 AM4:18 PM to 4:49 PM150° SSE211° SSW
Jan 309:21 AM to 9:52 AM4:22 PM to 4:53 PM148° SSE212° SSW
Jan 319:18 AM to 9:48 AM4:27 PM to 4:57 PM147° SSE214° SSW

In your calendar

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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.