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

Moon: 92.9%
Waning Gibbous
Current Time: Feb 3, 2026 at 11:42:30 pm
Sunrise Today: 11:21 am 144° Southeast
Sunset Today: 4:27 pm 217° Southwest
Moonrise Today: 8:44 pm 74° East
Moonset Today: 11:00 am 294° Northwest
Daylight Hours: 5 hours, 5 minutes (+11m 58s)

Today's Sun Position in Wainwright

Time: 11:42 pm
Altitude: -32.0°
Direction: 322° NW
Phase: Night

Day length today: 5h 5m 13s (Feb 3, 2026)

11 minutes, 58 seconds longer than yesterday (Feb 2, 2026)

5 hours, 5 minutes longer than winter solstice (Dec 21, 2025)

18 hours, 54 minutes shorter than summer solstice (Jun 20, 2025)

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Wainwright Today

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Night 12:00 am – 7:22 am
Astro. Twilight 7:22 am – 8:35 am
Nautical Twilight 8:35 am – 9:55 am
Civil Twilight 9:55 am – 11:21 am
Daylight 11:21 am – 4:27 pm
Civil Twilight 4:27 pm – 5:53 pm
Nautical Twilight 5:53 pm – 7:13 pm
Astro. Twilight 7:13 pm – 8:26 pm
Night 8:26 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Wainwright - Next 7 Days

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2026 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
Feb Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. mi
Feb 3 11:21 am 4:27 pm 5:05:13 +11:58 1:53 pm (3.3°) 91.629
Feb 4 11:16 am 4:33 pm 5:16:57 +11:44 1:54 pm (3.6°) 91.643
Feb 5 11:10 am 4:39 pm 5:28:29 +11:31 1:54 pm (3.9°) 91.658
Feb 6 11:04 am 4:44 pm 5:39:48 +11:19 1:54 pm (4.2°) 91.674
Feb 7 10:59 am 4:50 pm 5:50:58 +11:09 1:54 pm (4.5°) 91.690
Feb 8 10:53 am 4:55 pm 6:01:58 +10:59 1:54 pm (4.8°) 91.706
Feb 9 10:48 am 5:01 pm 6:12:48 +10:50 1:54 pm (5.1°) 91.723
* All times are local time for Wainwright. 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
Feb Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
Feb 3 - 11:00 am 8:44 pm 3:13 am (28.5°) 235,051 96.9%
Feb 4 - 10:30 am 10:47 pm 3:58 am (22.1°) 238,352 91.9%
Feb 5 - 10:02 am - 4:42 am (15.7°) 241,726 85.1%
Feb 6 12:49 am 9:31 am - 5:24 am (9.7°) 244,905 77.0%
Feb 7 2:59 am 8:51 am - 6:06 am (4.2°) 247,626 67.9%
Feb 8 - Down, doesn’t rise - 6:50 am (-0.2°) 249,699 58.4%
Feb 9 - Down, doesn’t rise - 7:36 am (-4.9°) 250,976 48.6%
* All times are local time for Wainwright. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. Illumination is calculated at lunar noon. Below horizon is marked in red.

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Planets Visible in the Sky in Wainwright This Coming Night

  Planetrise/Planetset, Tue, Feb 3, 2026
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Wed 11:31 am Wed 5:46 pm Wed 2:37 pm Slightly difficult to see
Venus Wed 11:34 am Wed 5:14 pm Wed 2:23 pm Slightly difficult to see
Mars Wed 12:09 pm Wed 2:51 pm Wed 1:29 pm Not visible
Jupiter Up, doesn’t set Tue 12:00 midnight Perfect visibility
Saturn Wed 11:00 am Wed 10:18 pm Wed 4:39 pm Average visibility
Uranus Up, doesn’t set Tue 8:23 pm Average visibility
Neptune Wed 10:48 am Wed 10:35 pm Wed 4:42 pm Very difficult to see
* All times are local time for Wainwright.

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