Night sky tonight in Alaska

Tonight's score out of 10 and the best hours for each Alaska city we cover, worked out for its own position and time zone. Open a city for the full forecast: the Moon, planets, meteor showers, northern lights, ISS passes and clouds.

Cities in Alaska

City	Tonight	Best time	Northern lights need
Anchorage	…	…	Kp 3.7
Juneau	…	…	Kp 3.9
Fairbanks	…	…	Kp 1.2

Scores before clouds; each city page adds the National Weather Service cloud forecast. Northern lights: see tonight's aurora outlook for Alaska.

Darkness across Alaska

How early it gets dark in midwinter and how short the summer nights get, city by city, and how far each city is from the nearest certified dark-sky place.

City	Sunset Dec 15	Full darkness Dec 15	Sunset Jun 15	Full darkness Jun 15	Nearest dark-sky place
Anchorage	3:38 PM	12.7 h	11:37 PM	None	None within 600 mi
Juneau	3:04 PM	12.4 h	10:05 PM	None	None within 600 mi
Fairbanks	2:40 PM	13 h	12:43 AM	None	None within 600 mi

Moon-free nights in Alaska, month by month

The runs of nights when the Moon is down for most of full darkness, worked out for Anchorage; across the state the dates shift by a night at most.

November 2026: Nov 3–16
December 2026: Dec 2–14, Dec 30–31
January 2027: Jan 1–12, Jan 28–31
February 2027: Feb 1–10, Feb 25–28
March 2027: Mar 1–10, Mar 25–31
April 2027: Apr 1–8
May 2027: no full darkness
June 2027: no full darkness
July 2027: no full darkness
August 2027: Aug 28–31
September 2027: Sep 1–9, Sep 26–30
October 2027: Oct 1–8, Oct 24–31
November 2027: Nov 1–5, Nov 22–30
December 2027: Dec 1–4, Dec 20–31

Eclipses visible in Alaska

Jan 11, 2028: partial lunar eclipse
Dec 31, 2028: total lunar eclipse
Jan 14, 2029: partial solar eclipse (from 1 of 3 cities)
Dec 20, 2029: total lunar eclipse (from 2 of 3 cities)
Mar 30, 2033: partial solar eclipse
Oct 8, 2033: total lunar eclipse
Sep 27, 2034: partial lunar eclipse (from 1 of 3 cities)

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