Sunrise Today in Anchorage, United States
Time and Sun Facts for Anchorage
- Local time
- 12:31 pm
- Date
- Monday, 26 October 2026
- Time zone
America/Anchorage- UTC offset
- UTC-8
- Daylight saving
- In effect now
- Next clock change
- 1 November 2026 — clocks go back
- Sunrise
- 9:11 am
- Sunset
- 6:15 pm
- Day length
- 9 hours 4 minutes
- Coordinates
- 61.22, -149.90
Sunrise in Anchorage
The sun rises in Anchorage at 9:11 am today and sets at 6:15 pm, giving 9 hours 4 minutes of daylight.
Civil twilight begins at 8:25 am and ends at 7:01 pm, while solar noon is 1:43 pm. The calculation uses 61.22, -149.90 for Anchorage and displays the result in America/Anchorage.
| Solar event | Morning | Evening |
|---|---|---|
| Civil twilight (sun 6° below horizon) | 8:25 am | 7:01 pm |
| Nautical twilight (12°) | 7:34 am | 7:52 pm |
| Astronomical twilight (18°) | 6:45 am | 8:42 pm |
Compared with today, tomorrow’s sunrise is about 1443 minutes later and sunset is about 1437 minutes later. Total daylight therefore changes by about 6 minutes.
The model assumes an ideal horizon and cannot see a local ridge, skyline or viewing elevation. The calculation notes explain those limits.
Questions People Ask
Why does sunrise vary so much through the year in Anchorage?
Anchorage is at 61.2° latitude, where seasonal changes in day length are large.
Will the displayed sunrise time jump when Anchorage changes its clocks?
Yes on the civil clock. The solar event changes continuously, while the printed clock label moves when the time zone changes offset.
Can I use one sunrise time for all of United States?
No. The country spans multiple civil time zones and the solar event also changes with coordinates, so use the city page for the place you are in.
More on the Sun Where You are
sunrise times in Anchorage has its own page so it can be linked to directly. world clock time is the way in to everywhere else on the site.