Anchorage, AK, USA — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for Today
Anchorage, AK, USA — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for TodayWaxing Crescent
Current Time: Jul 26, 2017 at 3:01:17 am
Sunrise Today: 5:18 am↑ 45° Northeast
Sunset Today: 10:52 pm↑ 315° Northwest
Moonrise Today: 10:13 am↑ 76° East
Moonset Today: 11:57 pm↑ 279° West
Daylight Hours: 17 hours, 33 minutes (-4m 56s)
Today's Sun Position in Anchorage
The Sun's altitude in Anchorage today. The horizontal line signifies the horizon, the vertical lines show the times of sunrise and sunset. Altitude and heading are displayed in a separate box. The graph defaults to current time. Hover over it to select a different time. How to use this
3:01 am
Altitude
-8.7°Heading
13° NPosition
Nautical TwilightDay length
17h 33m 58s
Change since
Yesterday: -4m 56s
Winter: +12h 6m
Summer: -1h 47m
Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Anchorage Today
Day, night, and twilight times in Anchorage today. Black is nighttime, light blue is daytime. The darker blue shadings represent the twilight phases during dawn (left) and dusk (right). Hover over the graph for more information. How to use this
Today it does not get darker than Nautical Twilight.
| Civil Twilight | 12:00 am – 12:07 am | |
| Nautical Twilight | 12:07 am – 4:05 am | |
| Civil Twilight | 4:05 am – 5:18 am | |
| Daylight | 5:18 am – 10:52 pm | |
| Civil Twilight | 10:52 pm – 11:59 pm |
Sun in Anchorage - Next 7 Days
| 2017 | Sunrise/Sunset | Daylength | Solar Noon | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul | Sunrise | Sunset | Length | Difference | Time | Mil. mi |
| Jul 26 | 5:18 am | 10:52 pm | 17:33:58 | −4:56 | 2:06 pm (48.1°) | 94.404 |
| Jul 27 | 5:20 am | 10:49 pm | 17:28:58 | −4:59 | 2:06 pm (47.8°) | 94.394 |
| Jul 28 | 5:23 am | 10:47 pm | 17:23:56 | −5:02 | 2:06 pm (47.6°) | 94.383 |
| Jul 29 | 5:25 am | 10:44 pm | 17:18:50 | −5:05 | 2:05 pm (47.4°) | 94.372 |
| Jul 30 | 5:28 am | 10:41 pm | 17:13:42 | −5:08 | 2:05 pm (47.1°) | 94.360 |
| Jul 31 | 5:30 am | 10:39 pm | 17:08:31 | −5:10 | 2:05 pm (46.9°) | 94.348 |
| Aug 1 | 5:33 am | 10:36 pm | 17:03:18 | −5:13 | 2:05 pm (46.6°) | 94.336 |
| * All times are local time for Anchorage. Time is adjusted for DST when applicable. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. | ||||||
Equinoxes & Solstices 2017
| 2017 | Date | Time |
|---|---|---|
| March Equinox | Mar 20 | 2:29 am |
| June Solstice | Jun 20 | 8:24 pm |
| September Equinox | Sep 22 | 12:02 pm |
| December Solstice | Dec 21 | 7:28 am |
| * All times are local Anchorage time. | ||
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Today's Moon in Anchorage
The Moon's path in Anchorage today. The horizontal line signifies the horizon, the vertical lines show times and headings of moonrise and moonset. The graph defaults to current time. Hover over it to select a different time. How to use this
3:01 am
Altitude
-18.8°Heading
333° NWPosition
Waxing CrescentPercent illuminated
12.0%
Moon in Anchorage - Next 7 days
| 2017 | Moonrise/Moonset | Meridian Passing | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul | Moonrise | Moonset | Moonrise | Time | Distance (mi) | Illumination | ||||
| Jul 26 | 10:13 am | 11:57 pm | - | 5:14 pm | (33.4°) | 236,692 | 16.6% | |||
| Jul 27 | 11:35 am | - | - | 6:02 pm | (29.0°) | 240,448 | 25.5% | |||
| Jul 28 | - | 12:11 am | 12:55 pm | 6:47 pm | (24.6°) | 243,945 | 35.2% | |||
| Jul 29 | - | 12:25 am | 2:12 pm | 7:32 pm | (20.5°) | 246,942 | 45.3% | |||
 Jul 30 | - | 12:39 am | 3:27 pm | 8:16 pm | (16.9°) | 249,267 | 55.3% | |||
| Jul 31 | - | 12:55 am | 4:40 pm | 9:01 pm | (13.7°) | 250,823 | 65.0% | |||
| Aug 1 | - | 1:14 am | 5:49 pm | 9:47 pm | (11.3°) | 251,582 | 74.0% | |||
| * All times are local time for Anchorage. Time is adjusted for DST when applicable. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. Illumination is calculated at lunar noon. | ||||||||||
Planets Visible in the Sky in Anchorage This Coming Night
| Planetrise/Planetset, Wed, Jul 26, 2017 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Planet | Rise | Set | Meridian | Comment |
| Mercury | Wed 8:26 am | Wed 11:13 pm | Wed 3:51 pm | Extremely difficult to see |
| Venus | Wed 2:06 am | Wed 8:28 pm | Wed 11:17 am | Good visibility |
| Mars | Wed 5:11 am | Wed 11:02 pm | Wed 2:07 pm | Very close to Sun, not visible |
| Jupiter | Wed 1:16 pm | Thu 12:06 am | Wed 6:41 pm | Fairly good visibility |
| Saturn | Wed 8:05 pm | Thu 2:02 am | Wed 11:03 pm | Average visiblity |
| Uranus | Wed 12:06 am | Wed 2:50 pm | Wed 7:28 am | Average visiblity |
| Neptune | Tue 11:33 pm | Wed 9:54 am | Wed 4:43 am | Difficult to see |
| * All times are local time for Anchorage. | ||||
More about the planets visible in the night sky in Anchorage
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