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Anchorage, AK, USA — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for Today

Moon: 8.7%
Waxing Crescent
Current Time: Mar 21, 2026 at 6:54:40 am
Sunrise Today: 7:56 am 88° East
Sunset Today: 8:17 pm 273° West
Moonrise Today: 7:51 am 52° Northeast
Daylight Hours: 12 hours, 21 minutes (+5m 44s)

Today's Sun Position in Anchorage

Time: 6:54 am
Altitude: -8.2°
Direction: 74° E
Phase: Nautical Twilight

Day length today: 12h 21m 9s (Mar 21, 2026)

5 minutes, 44 seconds longer than yesterday (Mar 20, 2026)

6 hours, 53 minutes longer than winter solstice (Dec 21, 2025)

7 hours shorter than summer solstice (Jun 20, 2025)

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Anchorage Today

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Night 12:00 am – 5:23 am
Astro. Twilight 5:23 am – 6:21 am
Nautical Twilight 6:21 am – 7:13 am
Civil Twilight 7:13 am – 7:56 am
Daylight 7:56 am – 8:17 pm
Civil Twilight 8:17 pm – 9:01 pm
Nautical Twilight 9:01 pm – 9:53 pm
Astro. Twilight 9:53 pm – 10:52 pm
Night 10:52 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Anchorage - Next 7 Days

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2026 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
Mar Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. mi
Mar 21 7:56 am 8:17 pm 12:21:09 +5:44 2:06 pm (29.4°) 92.610
Mar 22 7:53 am 8:20 pm 12:26:54 +5:44 2:06 pm (29.7°) 92.636
Mar 23 7:50 am 8:23 pm 12:32:39 +5:44 2:05 pm (30.1°) 92.661
Mar 24 7:47 am 8:25 pm 12:38:24 +5:44 2:05 pm (30.5°) 92.687
Mar 25 7:44 am 8:28 pm 12:44:09 +5:44 2:05 pm (30.9°) 92.713
Mar 26 7:40 am 8:30 pm 12:49:53 +5:44 2:05 pm (31.3°) 92.738
Mar 27 7:37 am 8:33 pm 12:55:38 +5:44 2:04 pm (31.7°) 92.764
* 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.

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Today's Moon in Anchorage

Year 2026 Moon Phases

Moon in Anchorage - Next 7 days

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
Mar Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
Mar 21 7:51 am - - 4:28 pm (47.6°) 228,025 11.5%
Mar 22 - 1:49 am 7:49 am 5:26 pm (52.4°) 228,055 20.4%
Mar 23 - 3:52 am 7:50 am 6:27 pm (55.5°) 228,694 31.0%
Mar 24 - 5:51 am 8:02 am 7:30 pm (56.7°) 229,804 42.6%
Mar 25 - 7:01 am 9:04 am 8:32 pm (55.7°) 231,255 54.5%
Mar 26 - 7:14 am 10:59 am 9:31 pm (52.9°) 232,929 65.9%
Mar 27 - 7:16 am 12:56 pm 10:26 pm (48.6°) 234,762 76.3%
* 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.

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Planets Visible in the Sky in Anchorage This Coming Night

  Planetrise/Planetset, Sat, Mar 21, 2026
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Sat 7:34 am Sat 5:48 pm Sat 12:42 pm Extremely difficult to see
Venus Sat 8:20 am Sat 10:09 pm Sat 3:13 pm Fairly good visibility
Mars Sat 7:55 am Sat 6:23 pm Sat 1:09 pm Extremely difficult to see
Jupiter Sat 11:39 am Sun 6:34 am Sat 9:07 pm Perfect visibility
Saturn Sat 8:18 am Sat 8:23 pm Sat 2:20 pm Extremely difficult to see
Uranus Sat 8:58 am Sun 2:32 am Sat 5:45 pm Difficult to see
Neptune Sat 8:10 am Sat 8:10 pm Sat 2:10 pm Very close to Sun, not visible
* All times are local time for Anchorage.

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