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

Moon: 90.8%
Waning Gibbous
Current Time: Sep 10, 2025 at 12:53:42 am
Sunrise Today: 7:15 am 79° East
Sunset Today: 8:35 pm 281° West
Moonrise Today: 8:31 pm 53° Northeast
Moonset Today: 12:19 pm 302° Northwest
Daylight Hours: 13 hours, 21 minutes (-5m 39s)

Today's Sun Position in Anchorage

Time: 12:53 am
Altitude: -22.9°
Direction: 343° N
Phase: Night

Day length today: 13h 20m 39s (Sep 10, 2025)

5 minutes, 39 seconds shorter than yesterday (Sep 9, 2025)

7 hours, 52 minutes longer than winter solstice (Dec 21, 2024)

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

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Anchorage Today

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Night 12:00 am – 4:26 am
Astro. Twilight 4:26 am – 5:33 am
Nautical Twilight 5:33 am – 6:30 am
Civil Twilight 6:30 am – 7:15 am
Daylight 7:15 am – 8:35 pm
Civil Twilight 8:35 pm – 9:20 pm
Nautical Twilight 9:20 pm – 10:16 pm
Astro. Twilight 10:16 pm – 11:22 pm
Night 11:22 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Anchorage - Next 7 Days

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2025 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
Sep Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. km
Sep 10 7:15 am 8:35 pm 13:20:39 −5:39 1:56 pm (33.4°) 150.611
Sep 11 7:17 am 8:32 pm 13:14:59 −5:39 1:55 pm (33.0°) 150.573
Sep 12 7:20 am 8:29 pm 13:09:20 −5:39 1:55 pm (32.6°) 150.535
Sep 13 7:22 am 8:26 pm 13:03:41 −5:39 1:55 pm (32.3°) 150.496
Sep 14 7:25 am 8:23 pm 12:58:01 −5:39 1:54 pm (31.9°) 150.457
Sep 15 7:27 am 8:19 pm 12:52:22 −5:39 1:54 pm (31.5°) 150.418
Sep 16 7:30 am 8:16 pm 12:46:42 −5:39 1:54 pm (31.1°) 150.379
* 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 2025 Moon Phases

Moon in Anchorage - Next 7 days

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2025 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
Sep Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (km) Illumination
Sep 10 - 12:19 pm 8:31 pm 4:09 am (40.8°) 364,773 89.8%
Sep 11 - 2:16 pm 8:28 pm 5:02 am (47.0°) 365,412 81.3%
Sep 12 - 4:20 pm 8:27 pm 5:59 am (52.1°) 367,150 70.9%
Sep 13 - 6:25 pm 8:30 pm 6:59 am (55.4°) 369,730 59.4%
Sep 14 - 7:49 pm 9:17 pm 8:01 am (56.9°) 372,865 47.5%
Sep 15 - 8:01 pm 11:11 pm 9:02 am (56.3°) 376,320 36.0%
Sep 16 - 8:00 pm - 10:01 am (53.9°) 379,910 25.5%
* 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, Wed, Sep 10, 2025
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Wed 6:50 am Wed 8:46 pm Wed 1:50 pm Extremely difficult to see
Venus Wed 3:59 am Wed 8:13 pm Wed 12:07 pm Fairly good visibility
Mars Wed 11:00 am Wed 9:02 pm Wed 4:01 pm Extremely difficult to see
Jupiter Wed 12:48 am Wed 7:19 pm Wed 10:04 am Fairly good visibility
Saturn Tue 8:57 pm Wed 8:27 am Wed 2:42 am Perfect visibility
Uranus Tue 9:43 pm Wed 3:31 pm Wed 6:37 am Average visibility
Neptune Tue 8:49 pm Wed 8:44 am Wed 2:46 am Slightly difficult to see
* All times are local time for Anchorage.

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