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Earliest Sunset in Gustavus, AK: 3:10 pm on Dec 15, 2026

At Gustavus, Alaska, the earliest sunset of the year is about 3:10 pm (local time), on or around Dec 15. The latest sunrise comes later, at about 8:52 am on or around Dec 27. The shortest day is the winter solstice, Dec 21, with 6 h 21 min of daylight.
3:10 pmearliest sunset (Dec 15)
8:52 amlatest sunrise (Dec 27)
6 h 21 minshortest day (Dec 21)
5:15 pm → 4:13 pmsunset Oct 31 → Nov 1, 2026

What happens to sunset when the clocks change (Nov 1, 2026)

Daylight saving time ends at 2:00 am on Sunday, Nov 1, 2026. At Gustavus, sunset on Saturday, Oct 31 is 5:15 pm. On Sunday, Nov 1 it is 4:13 pm, which is 62 minutes earlier on the clock (one hour from the clock change plus about 2 minutes of normal seasonal change). Sunrise moves from 8:17 am to 7:19 am.

Why the earliest sunset is not on the shortest day

At this latitude the sun sets earliest around Dec 15, about 6 days before the winter solstice, and rises latest around Dec 27, about 6 days after it. In December, solar noon slides a little later on the clock each day (about half a minute per day), which shifts sunsets later while the days are still getting shorter. More on the 2026 findings. Within a minute of that time from Dec 10 to Dec 19.

When does the sun set after 5 pm again?

Sunset at Gustavus stays before 5:00 pm until about Feb 15 (2027), and it is first at or after 5:00 pm that day, based on our calculation.

Sunrise and sunset, winter 2026–27, Gustavus

DateSunriseSunsetDaylight
Oct 31, 20268:17 am5:15 pm8 h 58 min
Nov 1, 20267:19 am4:13 pm8 h 53 min
Nov 15, 20267:52 am3:42 pm7 h 50 min
Dec 1, 20268:26 am3:17 pm6 h 51 min
Dec 15, 20268:46 am3:10 pm6 h 24 min
Dec 21, 20268:51 am3:11 pm6 h 21 min
Jan 1, 20278:51 am3:22 pm6 h 30 min
Jan 15, 20278:39 am3:46 pm7 h 08 min
Feb 1, 20278:08 am4:25 pm8 h 17 min
Feb 15, 20277:35 am5:00 pm9 h 24 min
Mar 1, 20276:58 am5:33 pm10 h 35 min
Mar 13, 20276:24 am6:01 pm11 h 37 min

Local time (America/Juneau). Computed for the station coordinates (58.41, -135.71).

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These times repeat almost exactly each year (in our checks the earliest-sunset clock time did not change by even a minute from 2025 to 2029). Computed by Earliest Sunset; how we calculate this. Your exact spot, hills, buildings and elevation can shift what you see; this is the time the sun’s upper edge touches the flat horizon.

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