Anchorage, AK, USA — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for Today
Anchorage, AK, USA — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for TodayWaxing Crescent
Current Time: Aug 14, 2018 at 9:39:49 pm
Sunrise Today: 6:06 am↑ 58° Northeast
Sunset Today: 10:00 pm↑ 302° Northwest
Moonrise Today: 10:58 am↑ 88° East
Moonset Today: 11:17 pm↑ 267° West
Daylight Hours: 15 hours, 54 minutes (-5m 31s)
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
9:39 pm
Altitude
1.7°Heading
298° NWPosition
DaylightDay length
15h 54m 16s
Change since
Yesterday: -5m 31s
Winter: +10h 26m
Summer: -3h 27m
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 Astronomical Twilight.
| Nautical Twilight | 12:00 am – 12:26 am | |
| Astro. Twilight | 12:26 am – 3:43 am | |
| Nautical Twilight | 3:43 am – 5:10 am | |
| Civil Twilight | 5:10 am – 6:06 am | |
| Daylight | 6:06 am – 10:00 pm | |
| Civil Twilight | 10:00 pm – 10:54 pm | |
| Nautical Twilight | 10:54 pm – 11:59 pm |
Sun in Anchorage - Next 7 Days
| 2018 | Sunrise/Sunset | Daylength | Solar Noon | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug | Sunrise | Sunset | Length | Difference | Time | Mil. mi |
| Aug 14 | 6:06 am | 10:00 pm | 15:54:16 | −5:31 | 2:04 pm (43.0°) | 94.157 |
| Aug 15 | 6:08 am | 9:57 pm | 15:48:43 | −5:32 | 2:03 pm (42.7°) | 94.140 |
| Aug 16 | 6:11 am | 9:54 pm | 15:43:10 | −5:33 | 2:03 pm (42.4°) | 94.122 |
| Aug 17 | 6:13 am | 9:51 pm | 15:37:36 | −5:34 | 2:03 pm (42.0°) | 94.104 |
| Aug 18 | 6:16 am | 9:48 pm | 15:32:01 | −5:34 | 2:03 pm (41.7°) | 94.085 |
| Aug 19 | 6:18 am | 9:45 pm | 15:26:26 | −5:35 | 2:03 pm (41.4°) | 94.066 |
| Aug 20 | 6:21 am | 9:42 pm | 15:20:50 | −5:35 | 2:02 pm (41.1°) | 94.047 |
| * All times are local time for Anchorage. Time is adjusted for DST when applicable. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. | ||||||
Equinoxes & Solstices 2018
| 2018 | Date | Time |
|---|---|---|
| March Equinox | Mar 20 | 8:15 am |
| June Solstice | Jun 21 | 2:07 am |
| September Equinox | Sep 22 | 5:54 pm |
| December Solstice | Dec 21 | 1:23 pm |
| * 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
9:39 pm
Altitude
10.5°Heading
246° WPosition
Waxing CrescentPercent illuminated
19.5%
Moon in Anchorage - Next 7 days
| 2018 | Moonrise/Moonset | Meridian Passing | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug | Moonrise | Moonset | Moonrise | Time | Distance (mi) | Illumination | ||||
| Aug 14 | 10:58 am | 11:17 pm | - | 5:17 pm | (27.7°) | 231,944 | 17.9% | |||
| Aug 15 | 12:27 pm | 11:29 pm | - | 6:06 pm | (22.7°) | 235,885 | 27.5% | |||
| Aug 16 | 1:52 pm | 11:43 pm | - | 6:54 pm | (18.2°) | 239,798 | 37.8% | |||
 Aug 17 | 3:14 pm | 11:58 pm | - | 7:42 pm | (14.3°) | 243,404 | 48.4% | |||
| Aug 18 | 4:32 pm | - | - | 8:29 pm | (11.2°) | 246,495 | 58.7% | |||
| Aug 19 | - | 12:18 am | 5:45 pm | 9:17 pm | (8.9°) | 248,941 | 68.4% | |||
| Aug 20 | - | 12:44 am | 6:49 pm | 10:05 pm | (7.6°) | 250,683 | 77.2% | |||
| * All times are local time for Anchorage. Time is adjusted for DST when applicable. They take into account refraction. 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, Tue, Aug 14, 2018 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Planet | Rise | Set | Meridian | Comment |
| Mercury | Wed 5:29 am | Wed 9:06 pm | Wed 1:17 pm | Extremely difficult to see |
| Venus | Tue 11:20 am | Tue 10:25 pm | Tue 4:53 pm | Average visiblity |
| Mars | Tue 10:46 pm | Wed 2:29 am | Wed 12:37 am | Perfect visibility |
| Jupiter | Tue 3:13 pm | Tue 11:21 pm | Tue 7:17 pm | Fairly good visibility |
| Saturn | Tue 7:47 pm | Wed 1:27 am | Tue 10:37 pm | Slightly difficult to see |
| Uranus | Tue 10:52 pm | Wed 1:59 pm | Wed 6:25 am | Average visiblity |
| Neptune | Tue 10:17 pm | Wed 8:48 am | Wed 3:33 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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