Golden hour in Fairbanks today

It's golden hour now, until — 15 minutes left.

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  • Morning gold
    8:40 – 10:33 AM
    from the southeast
  • Sunrise
    9:13 AM
    117° · east-southeast117° ESE
  • Evening gold · now
    4:35 – 6:28 PM
    113 minutes of warm light
  • Sunset
    5:55 PM
    243° · west-southwest243° WSW
  • Blue hour
    6:28 – 6:47 PM
    and 8:20 – 8:40 AM

Direction

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This evening the sun set at 243°, well south of due west. Right now the sun is below the horizon. Tap the map anywhere to see where the light comes from there; drag the time slider above to watch shadows swing through the day.

Through the year

Fairbanks's golden hours, month by month

Gold bands are the morning and evening golden hours; the pale area is daylight. The jumps in early March and early November are the clocks changing.

Golden hour in Fairbanks on the 15th of each month, 2026
MonthMorning goldEvening goldSunsetSun sets toward
January—9:40 AM – 4:21 PM3:35 PM216° SW
February8:15 – 10:10 AM4:00 – 5:55 PM5:22 PM242° WSW
March7:38 – 9:13 AM6:46 – 8:22 PM7:52 PM268° W
April5:40 – 7:22 AM8:20 – 10:03 PM9:28 PM296° WNW
May3:28 – 5:54 AM9:41 PM – 12:10 AM11:10 PM323° NW
Juneovernightovernight12:43 AM344° NNW
Julyovernightovernight11:58 PM332° NNW
August4:58 – 6:51 AM8:57 – 10:49 PM10:09 PM306° NW
September6:43 – 8:18 AM7:12 – 8:46 PM8:16 PM278° W
October8:13 – 9:57 AM5:14 – 6:58 PM6:27 PM251° WSW
November8:47 – 11:47 AM1:23 – 4:22 PM3:42 PM224° SW
December—9:56 AM – 3:35 PM2:39 PM206° SSW

Times on the 15th of each month, 2026, Fairbanks local time.

How long does golden hour last in Fairbanks?

Around 94 to 179 minutes each evening. It's shortest in September, about 94 minutes, and longest in November, about 179 minutes. In June and July there's no ordinary evening window: the sun stays high through the night. In January and December the sun stays low all day, so the gold merges into one long window or doesn't come at all. The farther from the equator, the longer it lasts, because the sun crosses the horizon at a shallower angle.

Which way does the sun set in Fairbanks?

Toward the south-southwest in December, around 206°, swinging to the north-northwest in June, around 344°. Today it sets at 243°, well south of due west.

When do the clocks change?

Summer time ends on Sunday, November 1, 2026. Sunset that evening moves an hour earlier, to about 4:28 PM.

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