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

Moon: 8.0%
Waxing Crescent
Current Time: Mar 21, 2026 at 4:13:04 am
Sunrise Today: 8:32 am 86° East
Sunset Today: 9:04 pm 274° West
Moonrise Today: 6:43 am 28° Northeast
Moonset Today: 2:18 am 326° Northwest
Daylight Hours: 12 hours, 32 minutes (+9m)

Today's Sun Position in Wainwright

Time: 4:13 am
Altitude: -17.6°
Direction: 23° NE
Phase: Astronomical Twilight

Day length today: 12h 31m 56s (Mar 21, 2026)

9 minutes longer than yesterday (Mar 20, 2026)

12 hours, 31 minutes longer than winter solstice (Dec 21, 2025)

11 hours, 28 minutes shorter than summer solstice (Jun 20, 2025)

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Wainwright Today

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Astro. Twilight 12:00 am – 1:32 am
Night 1:32 am – 4:00 am
Astro. Twilight 4:00 am – 6:06 am
Nautical Twilight 6:06 am – 7:28 am
Civil Twilight 7:28 am – 8:32 am
Daylight 8:32 am – 9:04 pm
Civil Twilight 9:04 pm – 10:08 pm
Nautical Twilight 10:08 pm – 11:32 pm
Astro. Twilight 11:32 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Wainwright - Next 7 Days

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2026 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
Mar Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. mi
Mar 21 8:32 am 9:04 pm 12:31:56 +9:00 2:47 pm (19.9°) 92.611
Mar 22 8:27 am 9:08 pm 12:40:57 +9:00 2:46 pm (20.3°) 92.636
Mar 23 8:22 am 9:12 pm 12:49:58 +9:01 2:46 pm (20.7°) 92.662
Mar 24 8:17 am 9:16 pm 12:59:00 +9:01 2:46 pm (21.1°) 92.688
Mar 25 8:13 am 9:21 pm 13:08:03 +9:02 2:45 pm (21.5°) 92.713
Mar 26 8:08 am 9:25 pm 13:17:06 +9:03 2:45 pm (21.9°) 92.739
Mar 27 8:03 am 9:29 pm 13:26:11 +9:04 2:45 pm (22.3°) 92.765
* All times are local time for Wainwright. 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 Wainwright

Year 2026 Moon Phases

Moon in Wainwright - Next 7 days

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
Mar Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
Mar 21 - 2:18 am 6:43 am 5:10 pm (38.2°) 228,016 11.8%
Mar 22 - Up, doesn’t set - 6:08 pm (42.9°) 228,065 20.7%
Mar 23 - Up, doesn’t set - 7:09 pm (46.0°) 228,719 31.3%
Mar 24 - Up, doesn’t set - 8:12 pm (47.1°) 229,841 43.0%
Mar 25 - Up, doesn’t set - 9:14 pm (46.1°) 231,300 54.8%
Mar 26 - Up, doesn’t set - 10:13 pm (43.2°) 232,979 66.2%
Mar 27 - Up, doesn’t set - 11:08 pm (38.9°) 234,816 76.6%
* All times are local time for Wainwright. 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 Wainwright This Coming Night

  Planetrise/Planetset, Sat, Mar 21, 2026
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Sat 8:45 am Sat 5:58 pm Sat 1:22 pm Not visible
Venus Sat 8:29 am Sat 11:22 pm Sat 3:54 pm Fairly good visibility
Mars Sat 9:02 am Sat 6:37 pm Sat 1:49 pm Not visible
Jupiter Up, doesn’t set Sat 9:47 pm Perfect visibility
Saturn Sat 8:58 am Sat 9:04 pm Sat 3:01 pm Extremely difficult to see
Uranus Up, doesn’t set Sat 6:26 pm Difficult to see
Neptune Sat 8:50 am Sat 8:51 pm Sat 2:51 pm Very close to Sun, not visible
* All times are local time for Wainwright.

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