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Earliest Sunset in Tanana, AK: 2:50 pm on Dec 18, 2026

At Tanana, Alaska, the earliest sunset of the year is about 2:50 pm (local time), on or around Dec 18. The latest sunrise comes later, at about 11:24 am on or around Dec 24. The shortest day is the winter solstice, Dec 21, with 3 h 28 min of daylight.
2:50 pmearliest sunset (Dec 18)
11:24 amlatest sunrise (Dec 24)
3 h 28 minshortest day (Dec 21)
5:47 pm → 4:44 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 Tanana, sunset on Saturday, Oct 31 is 5:47 pm. On Sunday, Nov 1 it is 4:44 pm, which is 63 minutes earlier on the clock (one hour from the clock change plus about 3 minutes of normal seasonal change). Sunrise moves from 9:56 am to 8:59 am.

Why the earliest sunset is not on the shortest day

At this latitude the sun sets earliest around Dec 18, about 3 days before the winter solstice, and rises latest around Dec 24, about 3 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 15 to Dec 21.

When does the sun set after 5 pm again?

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

Sunrise and sunset, winter 2026–27, Tanana

DateSunriseSunsetDaylight
Oct 31, 20269:56 am5:47 pm7 h 51 min
Nov 1, 20268:59 am4:44 pm7 h 44 min
Nov 15, 20269:48 am3:57 pm6 h 09 min
Dec 1, 202610:43 am3:12 pm4 h 30 min
Dec 15, 202611:17 am2:51 pm3 h 34 min
Dec 21, 202611:23 am2:50 pm3 h 28 min
Jan 1, 202711:18 am3:07 pm3 h 49 min
Jan 15, 202710:48 am3:48 pm5 h 00 min
Feb 1, 20279:57 am4:48 pm6 h 52 min
Feb 15, 20279:09 am5:38 pm8 h 29 min
Mar 1, 20278:18 am6:24 pm10 h 06 min
Mar 13, 20277:34 am7:03 pm11 h 28 min

Local time (America/Anchorage). Computed for the station coordinates (65.17, -152.11).

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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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