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Anchorage, Alaska, USA — Sunrise, Sunset, and Daylength, December 2025

Daylight

4:21 am – 11:42 pm
19 hours, 21 minutes

Current Time: Jun 22, 2025 at 3:58:45 pm
Sun Direction: 221° Southwest
Sun Altitude: 47.3°
Sun Distance: 94.475 million mi
Next Equinox: Sep 22, 2025 10:19 am (Autumnal)
Sunrise Today: 4:21 am 32° Northeast
Sunset Today: 11:42 pm 328° Northwest
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2025 Sun Graph for Anchorage

December 2025 — Sun in Anchorage

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2025Sunrise/SunsetDaylengthAstronomical TwilightNautical TwilightCivil TwilightSolar Noon
DecSunriseSunsetLengthDiff.StartEndStartEndStartEndTimeMil. mi
19:46 am (138°)3:50 pm (221°)6:04:45−3:336:57 am6:39 pm7:50 am5:46 pm8:48 am4:48 pm12:48 pm (7.0°)91.653
29:48 am (139°)3:49 pm (221°)6:01:19−3:256:59 am6:38 pm7:52 am5:45 pm8:49 am4:48 pm12:49 pm (6.8°)91.638
39:50 am (139°)3:48 pm (221°)5:58:02−3:177:00 am6:37 pm7:53 am5:45 pm8:51 am4:47 pm12:49 pm (6.7°)91.624
49:52 am (140°)3:47 pm (220°)5:54:52−3:097:02 am6:37 pm7:55 am5:44 pm8:53 am4:46 pm12:50 pm (6.6°)91.610
59:54 am (140°)3:46 pm (220°)5:51:52−3:007:03 am6:36 pm7:56 am5:43 pm8:54 am4:45 pm12:50 pm (6.5°)91.597
69:56 am (140°)3:45 pm (220°)5:49:01−2:517:04 am6:36 pm7:57 am5:43 pm8:56 am4:44 pm12:50 pm (6.3°)91.584
79:57 am (141°)3:44 pm (219°)5:46:19−2:417:06 am6:36 pm7:59 am5:42 pm8:57 am4:44 pm12:51 pm (6.2°)91.572
89:59 am (141°)3:43 pm (219°)5:43:47−2:317:07 am6:35 pm8:00 am5:42 pm8:59 am4:43 pm12:51 pm (6.1°)91.561
910:01 am (141°)3:42 pm (219°)5:41:26−2:217:08 am6:35 pm8:01 am5:42 pm9:00 am4:43 pm12:52 pm (6.0°)91.549
1010:02 am (142°)3:42 pm (218°)5:39:14−2:117:09 am6:35 pm8:02 am5:42 pm9:02 am4:42 pm12:52 pm (6.0°)91.539
1110:04 am (142°)3:41 pm (218°)5:37:14−2:007:10 am6:35 pm8:04 am5:41 pm9:03 am4:42 pm12:53 pm (5.9°)91.529
1210:05 am (142°)3:41 pm (218°)5:35:24−1:497:11 am6:35 pm8:05 am5:41 pm9:04 am4:42 pm12:53 pm (5.8°)91.519
1310:07 am (142°)3:40 pm (218°)5:33:45−1:387:12 am6:35 pm8:06 am5:41 pm9:05 am4:42 pm12:54 pm (5.7°)91.510
1410:08 am (142°)3:40 pm (218°)5:32:18−1:267:13 am6:35 pm8:07 am5:41 pm9:06 am4:42 pm12:54 pm (5.7°)91.501
1510:09 am (143°)3:40 pm (217°)5:31:03−1:157:14 am6:35 pm8:07 am5:41 pm9:07 am4:42 pm12:54 pm (5.6°)91.492
1610:10 am (143°)3:40 pm (217°)5:30:00−1:037:15 am6:35 pm8:08 am5:42 pm9:08 am4:42 pm12:55 pm (5.6°)91.484
1710:11 am (143°)3:40 pm (217°)5:29:08−0:517:15 am6:35 pm8:09 am5:42 pm9:09 am4:42 pm12:55 pm (5.6°)91.476
1810:12 am (143°)3:40 pm (217°)5:28:29−0:397:16 am6:36 pm8:10 am5:42 pm9:10 am4:42 pm12:56 pm (5.5°)91.469
1910:12 am (143°)3:40 pm (217°)5:28:02−0:277:17 am6:36 pm8:10 am5:42 pm9:10 am4:43 pm12:56 pm (5.5°)91.461
2010:13 am (143°)3:41 pm (217°)5:27:47−0:147:17 am6:37 pm8:11 am5:43 pm9:11 am4:43 pm12:57 pm (5.5°)91.455
2110:14 am (143°)3:41 pm (217°)5:27:44−0:027:18 am6:37 pm8:12 am5:43 pm9:11 am4:44 pm12:57 pm (5.5°)91.448
2210:14 am (143°)3:42 pm (217°)5:27:54+0:097:18 am6:38 pm8:12 am5:44 pm9:12 am4:44 pm12:58 pm (5.5°)91.442
2310:14 am (143°)3:43 pm (217°)5:28:16+0:227:19 am6:38 pm8:12 am5:45 pm9:12 am4:45 pm12:58 pm (5.5°)91.436
2410:15 am (143°)3:43 pm (217°)5:28:50+0:347:19 am6:39 pm8:13 am5:45 pm9:12 am4:45 pm12:59 pm (5.6°)91.431
2510:15 am (143°)3:44 pm (217°)5:29:37+0:467:19 am6:40 pm8:13 am5:46 pm9:13 am4:46 pm12:59 pm (5.6°)91.426
2610:15 am (143°)3:45 pm (217°)5:30:36+0:587:20 am6:40 pm8:13 am5:47 pm9:13 am4:47 pm1:00 pm (5.6°)91.422
2710:15 am (143°)3:46 pm (217°)5:31:46+1:107:20 am6:41 pm8:13 am5:48 pm9:13 am4:48 pm1:00 pm (5.7°)91.417
2810:14 am (142°)3:48 pm (218°)5:33:09+1:227:20 am6:42 pm8:13 am5:49 pm9:13 am4:49 pm1:01 pm (5.7°)91.414
2910:14 am (142°)3:49 pm (218°)5:34:42+1:337:20 am6:43 pm8:13 am5:50 pm9:13 am4:50 pm1:01 pm (5.8°)91.411
3010:14 am (142°)3:50 pm (218°)5:36:28+1:457:20 am6:44 pm8:13 am5:51 pm9:13 am4:51 pm1:02 pm (5.9°)91.408
3110:13 am (142°)3:52 pm (218°)5:38:24+1:567:20 am6:45 pm8:13 am5:52 pm9:12 am4:53 pm1:02 pm (5.9°)91.406
* All times are local time for Anchorage. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

The December solstice (winter solstice) in Anchorage is at 6:03 am on Sunday, December 21, 2025. In terms of daylight, this day is 13 hours, 54 minutes shorter than the June solstice. In most locations north of the equator, the shortest day of the year is around this date.

The earliest sunset is on December 16. The latest sunrise is on December 26.

Why is the earliest sunset not on the winter solstice?

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