Current Time in Anchorage, United States 🇺🇸
Lat/Long: 61.22° N, 149.9° W
State: Alaska
Country: 🇺🇸 United States
IANA Timezone: America/Anchorage
Timezone: AKST
Daylight Saving Time: Yes ✅ (Abbreviation: AKDT)
Standard Timezone Abbreviations used in United States: AKST, CST, EST, HST, MST, PST
Daylight Saving Timezone Abbreviations used in United States: AKDT, CDT, EDT, HDT, MDT, PDT
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Weather forecast for Anchorage provided by Weather.now
Moon Phases & Times for Anchorage
Current Phase
Waning Gibbous
Illumination
98.0%
Next Moonrise
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Tomorrow, 00:53
Next Moonset
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Today, 05:45
View the detailed moon calendar for Anchorage with moonphases, moonrise, and moonset times for any date.
FAQ — Time in Anchorage
Common questions about this page — answers customized for the data shown above.
It is currently 03:18:30 in Anchorage, United States. The clock at the top of this page updates live, second by second, synchronized with our server time. You can also check sunrise and sunset times for the same city.
Anchorage uses America/Anchorage (AKST) — UTC-09:00. The IANA time zone identifier is America/Anchorage, the standard reference used by operating systems and time databases worldwide.
Yes, Anchorage observes Daylight Saving Time. Clocks move forward by one hour in spring and back by one hour in autumn. During DST, the local abbreviation becomes AKDT (UTC-08:00). Check the United States public holiday calendar for the exact transition dates each year.
Anchorage is currently -09:00 relative to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). UTC is the global time standard from which all other time zones are offset. To see the matching Unix timestamp or run add/subtract calculations against Anchorage's local time, use our time calculator.
In United States, daylight saving time changes typically happen twice a year. Clocks shift forward by one hour in spring (entering daylight saving time) and shift back by one hour in autumn (returning to standard time). Exact dates vary; see the United States calendar for this year's transition.