Sunset & Sunrise Today in Anchorage, Alaska

On Wednesday, October 14, 2026, the sun sets over Anchorage at 6:49 PM, having risen at 8:40 AM. That works out to 10h 08m of daylight today. Local solar noon in Anchorage falls at 1:45 PM.

Anchorage lies at latitude 61.22°, in a high latitude, where summer days are very long and winter days very short. Each day is currently getting about 5 minutes shorter and 40 seconds. Through autumn, the sunset time in Anchorage keeps shifting, which is why it pays to check the exact figure day by day.

If you're shooting at sunset, aim for Anchorage's golden hour, about 5:49 PM to 7:17 PM. The blue hour follows, roughly 7:17 PM to 7:33 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Anchorage is at 6:46 PM and sunrise at 8:43 AM — about 5m 39s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Anchorage drift across the whole year.

It's autumn in Anchorage, when sunset creeps earlier each week. Over the course of the year, sunset in Anchorage ranges from as early as 3:39 PM (around December 14) to as late as 11:42 PM (around June 21). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 19h 21m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 5h 25m.