Sunrise and sunset times in FAI - Fairbanks International Airport, AK
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Today
October 21, 2026. Current time: 7:06:06 am
Night ends at 6:18 am6:18:21 am
Start of astronomical twilight: the Sun is 18° below the horizon and the sky begins to brighten, too faintly to notice in a city.·Dawn at 8:12 am8:12:20 am
Dawn, first light: the start of civil twilight. The Sun is 6° below the horizon, and there is enough light to be outdoors without artificial light.
Sunrise time: 9:03:46 am AKDTWhen the top edge of the Sun appears over a flat, clear horizon. Behind hills, mountains or buildings the Sun appears a few minutes later (or more in a valley).
Sunset time: 6:06:51 pm AKDTWhen the top edge of the Sun disappears below a flat, clear horizon. Behind hills, mountains or buildings the Sun disappears a few minutes earlier (or more in a valley).
Dusk at 6:58 pm6:58:10 pm
Dusk, when it gets dark: the end of civil twilight. The Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.·Night at 8:52 pm8:51:40 pm
End of astronomical twilight: the Sun is 18° below the horizon and the sky is dark enough to see the faintest stars. In a city it looks dark sooner.
Sun position chart
Now · Sun altitude: -12.99° (below the horizon) · Azimuth: 87.9° (E)
Daylight Golden Hour Dawn & dusk (civil twilight) Night
Day length: 9 hours, 3 minutes
1 hour, 57 minutes left until today's sunrise in FAI - Fairbanks International Airport
Moonset: 2:08 am
Moonrise: 5:36 pmMoon phase: 🌔 Waxing Gibbous (77%)🌕 Full moon: Oct 25 at 8:11 pm · 🌑 New moon: Nov 8 at 10:02 pmTomorrow
October 22, 2026
Night ends at 6:21 am6:21:17 am
Start of astronomical twilight: the Sun is 18° below the horizon and the sky begins to brighten, too faintly to notice in a city.·Dawn at 8:15 am8:15:17 am
Dawn, first light: the start of civil twilight. The Sun is 6° below the horizon, and there is enough light to be outdoors without artificial light.
Sunrise time: 9:06:59 am AKDTWhen the top edge of the Sun appears over a flat, clear horizon. Behind hills, mountains or buildings the Sun appears a few minutes later (or more in a valley).
Sunset time: 6:03:21 pm AKDTWhen the top edge of the Sun disappears below a flat, clear horizon. Behind hills, mountains or buildings the Sun disappears a few minutes earlier (or more in a valley).
Dusk at 6:55 pm6:54:57 pm
Dusk, when it gets dark: the end of civil twilight. The Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.·Night at 8:48 pm8:48:28 pm
End of astronomical twilight: the Sun is 18° below the horizon and the sky is dark enough to see the faintest stars. In a city it looks dark sooner.
Day length: 8 hours, 56 minutes
Tomorrow will be 7 minutes shorter than today in FAI - Fairbanks International Airport
Moonset: 3:50 am Moonrise: 5:26 pmMoon phase: 🌔 Waxing Gibbous (90%)
- FAI - Fairbanks International Airport, Alaska
- Also known as PAFA
- Latitude: 64.815102 (North)
- Longitude: -147.856003 (West)
- Time zone: Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT, UTC−8)
Shortest day in FAI - Fairbanks International Airport, AK
The shortest day of the year will be in 2 months and 0 days, during the winter solstice on December 21, 2026, with a daylight length of 3 hours, 42 minutes.Longest day in FAI - Fairbanks International Airport, AK
The longest day of the year was around 4 months ago, during the summer solstice on June 21, 2026, with a daylight length of 21 hours, 48 minutes.
October 2026 - FAI - Fairbanks International Airport, Alaska - Sunrise and sunset calendar
Sunrise and sunset times, civil twilight start and end times as well as solar noon, and day length for every day of October in FAI - Fairbanks International Airport.
All times are in FAI - Fairbanks International Airport's time: Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT, UTC−8).
The day length shortens by 3 hours, 21 minutes over the course of October 2026 in FAI - Fairbanks International Airport, AK - from 11 hours, 16 minutes on the first day to 7 hours, 55 minutes on the last day.
| Day | First LightStart of civil twilight: the Sun is 6° below the horizon, and there is enough light to be outdoors without artificial light. | SunriseWhen the top edge of the Sun appears over a flat, clear horizon. Behind hills, mountains or buildings the Sun appears a few minutes later (or more in a valley). | Sunrise Variation |
SunsetWhen the top edge of the Sun disappears below a flat, clear horizon. Behind hills, mountains or buildings the Sun disappears a few minutes earlier (or more in a valley). | Sunset Variation |
Last LightEnd of civil twilight: the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors. | Day Length | Day Length Variation | Solar NoonTime of day when the sun reaches its highest point in the sky. | Max Sun Altitude | Nautical Twilight Start | Nautical Twilight End | Astronomical Twilight Start | Astronomical Twilight End | Night LengthCalculated from this day's sunset to the next day's sunrise. | Moon phase | Solar Midnight | Sun DeclinationThe latitude where the Sun is directly overhead at solar noon (the Sun's declination). It moves between the two tropics through the year. |
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| Thu, Oct 1 | Twilight startStart of civil twilight: the Sun is 6° below the horizon, and there is enough light to be outdoors without artificial light.7:13:10 am | 8:01:55 am | +3m 0s | 7:18:27 pm | -3m 38s | Twilight endEnd of civil twilight: the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.8:06:59 pm | 11h 16m 32s | -6m 38s | Solar noonTime of day when the sun reaches its highest point in the sky.1:40:58 pm | 21.72° | 6:15:22 am | 9:04:25 pm | 5:12:28 am | 10:06:37 pm | Night lengthCalculated from this day's sunset to the next day's sunrise.12h 46m 28s | 🌖 (64%)Waning Gibbous: 64% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:41:08 am | 3.5° S |
| Fri, Oct 2 | 7:16:09 am | 8:04:55 am | +3m 0s | 7:14:50 pm | -3m 37s | 8:03:23 pm | 11h 9m 55s | -6m 38s | 1:40:39 pm | 21.34° | 6:18:32 am | 9:00:38 pm | 5:16:12 am | 10:02:19 pm | 12h 53m 6s | 🌖 (53%)Waning Gibbous: 53% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:40:49 am | 3.8° S |
| Sat, Oct 3 | 7:19:08 am | 8:07:56 am | +3m 1s | 7:11:12 pm | -3m 38s | 7:59:47 pm | 11h 3m 16s | -6m 38s | 1:40:20 pm | 20.95° | 6:21:41 am | 8:56:53 pm | 5:19:52 am | 9:58:05 pm | 12h 59m 45s | 🌗 (41%) Last quarter at 5:25 amLast quarter at 5:25 am. At midnight, at the end of the day: 41% illuminated |
1:40:30 am | 4.2° S |
| Sun, Oct 4 | 7:22:07 am | 8:10:57 am | +3m 1s | 7:07:35 pm | -3m 37s | 7:56:13 pm | 10h 56m 38s | -6m 38s | 1:40:01 pm | 20.57° | 6:24:49 am | 8:53:10 pm | 5:23:28 am | 9:53:56 pm | 13h 6m 23s | 🌘 (30%)Waning Crescent: 30% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:40:10 am | 4.6° S |
| Mon, Oct 5 | 7:25:05 am | 8:13:58 am | +3m 1s | 7:03:58 pm | -3m 37s | 7:52:39 pm | 10h 50m 0s | -6m 39s | 1:39:43 pm | 20.18° | 6:27:56 am | 8:49:29 pm | 5:27:01 am | 9:49:50 pm | 13h 13m 2s | 🌘 (21%)Waning Crescent: 21% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:39:52 am | 5.0° S |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 7:28:04 am | 8:17:00 am | +3m 2s | 7:00:21 pm | -3m 37s | 7:49:07 pm | 10h 43m 21s | -6m 39s | 1:39:25 pm | 19.80° | 6:31:01 am | 8:45:50 pm | 5:30:31 am | 9:45:47 pm | 13h 19m 42s | 🌘 (12%)Waning Crescent: 12% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:39:34 am | 5.4° S |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 7:31:02 am | 8:20:03 am | +3m 3s | 6:56:45 pm | -3m 36s | 7:45:35 pm | 10h 36m 42s | -6m 39s | 1:39:08 pm | 19.42° | 6:34:05 am | 8:42:13 pm | 5:33:59 am | 9:41:48 pm | 13h 26m 21s | 🌘 (6%)Waning Crescent: 6% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:39:17 am | 5.8° S |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 7:33:59 am | 8:23:06 am | +3m 3s | 6:53:08 pm | -3m 37s | 7:42:05 pm | 10h 30m 2s | -6m 39s | 1:38:51 pm | 19.04° | 6:37:08 am | 8:38:38 pm | 5:37:23 am | 9:37:53 pm | 13h 33m 2s | 🌘 (2%)Waning Crescent: 2% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:39:00 am | 6.1° S |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 7:36:57 am | 8:26:10 am | +3m 4s | 6:49:33 pm | -3m 35s | 7:38:35 pm | 10h 23m 23s | -6m 40s | 1:38:34 pm | 18.66° | 6:40:10 am | 8:35:05 pm | 5:40:45 am | 9:34:01 pm | 13h 39m 41s | 🌘 (0.2%)Waning Crescent: 0.2% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:38:42 am | 6.5° S |
| Sat, Oct 10 | 7:39:54 am | 8:29:14 am | +3m 4s | 6:45:57 pm | -3m 36s | 7:35:07 pm | 10h 16m 43s | -6m 40s | 1:38:18 pm | 18.28° | 6:43:11 am | 8:31:33 pm | 5:44:05 am | 9:30:12 pm | 13h 46m 22s | 🌑 (1%) New moon at 7:50 amNew moon at 7:50 am. At midnight, at the end of the day: 1% illuminated |
1:38:26 am | 6.9° S |
| Sun, Oct 11 | 7:42:51 am | 8:32:19 am | +3m 5s | 6:42:22 pm | -3m 35s | 7:31:39 pm | 10h 10m 3s | -6m 40s | 1:38:03 pm | 17.90° | 6:46:11 am | 8:28:04 pm | 5:47:22 am | 9:26:27 pm | 13h 53m 2s | 🌒 (3%)Waxing Crescent: 3% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:38:11 am | 7.3° S |
| Mon, Oct 12 | 7:45:49 am | 8:35:24 am | +3m 5s | 6:38:47 pm | -3m 35s | 7:28:13 pm | 10h 3m 23s | -6m 40s | 1:37:48 pm | 17.53° | 6:49:10 am | 8:24:36 pm | 5:50:36 am | 9:22:44 pm | 13h 59m 44s | 🌒 (7%)Waxing Crescent: 7% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:37:56 am | 7.7° S |
| Tue, Oct 13 | 7:48:46 am | 8:38:31 am | +3m 7s | 6:35:12 pm | -3m 35s | 7:24:48 pm | 9h 56m 41s | -6m 41s | 1:37:33 pm | 17.15° | 6:52:08 am | 8:21:11 pm | 5:53:49 am | 9:19:05 pm | 14h 6m 25s | 🌒 (13%)Waxing Crescent: 13% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:37:40 am | 8.0° S |
| Wed, Oct 14 | 7:51:43 am | 8:41:37 am | +3m 6s | 6:31:38 pm | -3m 34s | 7:21:24 pm | 9h 50m 1s | -6m 41s | 1:37:19 pm | 16.78° | 6:55:05 am | 8:17:47 pm | 5:57:00 am | 9:15:29 pm | 14h 13m 7s | 🌒 (21%)Waxing Crescent: 21% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:37:26 am | 8.4° S |
| Thu, Oct 15 | 7:54:40 am | 8:44:45 am | +3m 8s | 6:28:04 pm | -3m 34s | 7:18:01 pm | 9h 43m 19s | -6m 41s | 1:37:05 pm | 16.41° | 6:58:01 am | 8:14:26 pm | 6:00:08 am | 9:11:56 pm | 14h 19m 49s | 🌒 (29%)Waxing Crescent: 29% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:37:12 am | 8.8° S |
| Fri, Oct 16 | 7:57:36 am | 8:47:53 am | +3m 8s | 6:24:31 pm | -3m 33s | 7:14:40 pm | 9h 36m 38s | -6m 42s | 1:36:52 pm | 16.04° | 7:00:56 am | 8:11:06 pm | 6:03:15 am | 9:08:26 pm | 14h 26m 31s | 🌒 (38%)Waxing Crescent: 38% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:36:58 am | 9.1° S |
| Sat, Oct 17 | 8:00:33 am | 8:51:02 am | +3m 9s | 6:20:58 pm | -3m 33s | 7:11:19 pm | 9h 29m 56s | -6m 42s | 1:36:40 pm | 15.68° | 7:03:51 am | 8:07:48 pm | 6:06:19 am | 9:04:59 pm | 14h 33m 14s | 🌒 (47%)Waxing Crescent: 47% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:36:46 am | 9.5° S |
| Sun, Oct 18 | 8:03:30 am | 8:54:12 am | +3m 10s | 6:17:26 pm | -3m 32s | 7:08:00 pm | 9h 23m 14s | -6m 42s | 1:36:28 pm | 15.32° | 7:06:44 am | 8:04:33 pm | 6:09:22 am | 9:01:35 pm | 14h 39m 57s | 🌓 (56%) First quarter at 8:12 amFirst quarter at 8:12 am. At midnight, at the end of the day: 56% illuminated |
1:36:34 am | 9.9° S |
| Mon, Oct 19 | 8:06:27 am | 8:57:23 am | +3m 11s | 6:13:54 pm | -3m 32s | 7:04:42 pm | 9h 16m 31s | -6m 43s | 1:36:17 pm | 14.96° | 7:09:37 am | 8:01:19 pm | 6:12:24 am | 8:58:14 pm | 14h 46m 40s | 🌔 (66%)Waxing Gibbous: 66% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:36:22 am | 10.2° S |
| Tue, Oct 20 | 8:09:23 am | 9:00:34 am | +3m 11s | 6:10:22 pm | -3m 32s | 7:01:26 pm | 9h 9m 48s | -6m 43s | 1:36:07 pm | 14.60° | 7:12:30 am | 7:58:08 pm | 6:15:23 am | 8:54:56 pm | 14h 53m 24s | 🌔 (75%)Waxing Gibbous: 75% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:36:12 am | 10.6° S |
| Wed, Oct 21 | 8:12:20 am | 9:03:46 am | +3m 12s | 6:06:51 pm | -3m 31s | 6:58:10 pm | 9h 3m 5s | -6m 43s | 1:35:57 pm | 14.24° | 7:15:21 am | 7:54:58 pm | 6:18:21 am | 8:51:40 pm | 15h 0m 8s | 🌔 (83%)Waxing Gibbous: 83% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:36:02 am | 10.9° S |
| Thu, Oct 22 | 8:15:17 am | 9:06:59 am | +3m 13s | 6:03:21 pm | -3m 30s | 6:54:57 pm | 8h 56m 22s | -6m 43s | 1:35:48 pm | 13.89° | 7:18:12 am | 7:51:51 pm | 6:21:17 am | 8:48:28 pm | 15h 6m 52s | 🌔 (90%)Waxing Gibbous: 90% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:35:53 am | 11.3° S |
| Fri, Oct 23 | 8:18:13 am | 9:10:13 am | +3m 14s | 5:59:51 pm | -3m 30s | 6:51:44 pm | 8h 49m 38s | -6m 43s | 1:35:39 pm | 13.54° | 7:21:01 am | 7:48:45 pm | 6:24:12 am | 8:45:19 pm | 15h 13m 36s | 🌔 (96%)Waxing Gibbous: 96% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:35:43 am | 11.6° S |
| Sat, Oct 24 | 8:21:10 am | 9:13:27 am | +3m 14s | 5:56:22 pm | -3m 29s | 6:48:33 pm | 8h 42m 55s | -6m 44s | 1:35:32 pm | 13.19° | 7:23:51 am | 7:45:42 pm | 6:27:05 am | 8:42:12 pm | 15h 20m 21s | 🌔 (99%)Waxing Gibbous: 99% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:35:36 am | 12.0° S |
| Sun, Oct 25 | 8:24:07 am | 9:16:43 am | +3m 16s | 5:52:54 pm | -3m 28s | 6:45:24 pm | 8h 36m 11s | -6m 44s | 1:35:25 pm | 12.85° | 7:26:39 am | 7:42:41 pm | 6:29:56 am | 8:39:09 pm | 15h 27m 5s | 🌕 (99.8%) Full moon at 8:11 pmFull moon at 8:11 pm. At midnight, at the end of the day: 99.8% illuminated |
1:35:29 am | 12.3° S |
| Mon, Oct 26 | 8:27:03 am | 9:19:59 am | +3m 16s | 5:49:26 pm | -3m 28s | 6:42:16 pm | 8h 29m 27s | -6m 44s | 1:35:18 pm | 12.51° | 7:29:27 am | 7:39:42 pm | 6:32:46 am | 8:36:08 pm | 15h 33m 50s | 🌖 (98%)Waning Gibbous: 98% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:35:21 am | 12.7° S |
| Tue, Oct 27 | 8:29:59 am | 9:23:16 am | +3m 17s | 5:45:59 pm | -3m 27s | 6:39:09 pm | 8h 22m 43s | -6m 44s | 1:35:13 pm | 12.17° | 7:32:14 am | 7:36:46 pm | 6:35:35 am | 8:33:10 pm | 15h 40m 35s | 🌖 (93%)Waning Gibbous: 93% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:35:16 am | 13.0° S |
| Wed, Oct 28 | 8:32:56 am | 9:26:34 am | +3m 18s | 5:42:33 pm | -3m 26s | 6:36:05 pm | 8h 15m 59s | -6m 44s | 1:35:08 pm | 11.84° | 7:35:00 am | 7:33:51 pm | 6:38:22 am | 8:30:15 pm | 15h 47m 19s | 🌖 (86%)Waning Gibbous: 86% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:35:10 am | 13.3° S |
| Thu, Oct 29 | 8:35:52 am | 9:29:52 am | +3m 18s | 5:39:07 pm | -3m 26s | 6:33:02 pm | 8h 9m 15s | -6m 44s | 1:35:04 pm | 11.51° | 7:37:45 am | 7:30:59 pm | 6:41:08 am | 8:27:24 pm | 15h 54m 4s | 🌖 (77%)Waning Gibbous: 77% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:35:06 am | 13.7° S |
| Fri, Oct 30 | 8:38:48 am | 9:33:11 am | +3m 19s | 5:35:42 pm | -3m 25s | 6:30:00 pm | 8h 2m 31s | -6m 44s | 1:35:01 pm | 11.18° | 7:40:30 am | 7:28:10 pm | 6:43:52 am | 8:24:35 pm | 16h 0m 50s | 🌖 (67%)Waning Gibbous: 67% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:35:03 am | 14.0° S |
| Sat, Oct 31 | 8:41:44 am | 9:36:32 am | +3m 21s | 5:32:18 pm | -3m 24s | 6:27:01 pm | 7h 55m 46s | -6m 44s | 1:34:58 pm | 10.86° | 7:43:14 am | 7:25:22 pm | 6:46:35 am | 8:21:49 pm | 16h 7m 34s | 🌖 (56%)Waning Gibbous: 56% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:34:59 am | 14.3° S |
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Year distribution of sunrise and sunset times in FAI - Fairbanks International Airport, AK - 2026
The following graph shows sunrise and sunset times in FAI - Fairbanks International Airport, AK for every day of the year. There are two jumps in the graph that represent the hour change for Daylight Saving Time (DST) in FAI - Fairbanks International Airport, AK.
Daylight Dawn & dusk (civil twilight) Night Solar noon · Vertical steps in the curves = DST clock change
Earliest and latest sunrise and sunset in FAI - Fairbanks International Airport, AK
In FAI - Fairbanks International Airport, AK, the earliest sunrise of 2026 is on June 20 at 2:58 am, while the latest sunrise is on December 24 at 10:59 am. The earliest sunset is on December 18 at 2:40 pm, and the latest sunset is on June 21 at 12:47 am (after midnight).
FAI - Fairbanks International Airport, AK gets 18h 06m more daylight on the longest day than on the shortest one (21h 48m versus 3h 42m). Averaged over the whole year, a day lasts 12h 33m.
FAI - Fairbanks International Airport, AK Analemma
Due to Earth's tilted axis and slightly elliptical orbit, the Sun is never seen in the same position at noon in FAI - Fairbanks International Airport. Throughout the year, it slowly traces this figure-eight:
Move along the curve to read the Sun's altitude and azimuth for any day of the year in FAI - Fairbanks International Airport.
Over the year, the 12:00 Sun swings between just 1.2° above the horizon (around Dec 21) and 47.7° (around Jun 18) in FAI - Fairbanks International Airport. The smaller loop sits at the top, the signature of a Northern Hemisphere analemma. Notice the whole figure leans east of the meridian: over FAI - Fairbanks International Airport the Sun reaches its highest point between 12:34 and 13:05 depending on the time of year, but never at 12:00.
Detailed Analemma Chart
The technical chart below plots one dot per day, labels the first day of each month, marks the solstices, equinoxes, perihelion and aphelion, and draws the noon altitude of the equinoxes (90° minus your latitude) together with its ±23.4° seasonal limits.
Why does the figure look wider here than in the sky view above?
Both draw the same data, but with different conventions. The sky view uses the same scale on both axes, so it shows the analemma with its true proportions, as a camera would capture it: about 47° tall and only a few degrees wide. This chart, like most technical analemma diagrams, stretches each axis independently to fill the plot, expanding the narrow azimuth range several times so its day-to-day variation can actually be read. Also, azimuth is not sky distance: near the zenith, one degree of azimuth spans much less than one degree across the sky, which further widens the figure in this representation.
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