Daylight Hours in Summer?

[DevBrown]

A group of us are cruising to Alaska for the first tiem on July 20th, sailing on Star Princess out of Seattle. I've heard that the sun doesn't set in the summer. What should we expect? Will it get dark and for how long each.

 

I apologize in advance if this has been asked and answered already.

[renebfl]

Depends what part of Alaska you go to. The further north, the less darkness.Fairbanks is different from Ketchican.

[DevBrown]

Depends what part of Alaska you go to. The further north, the less darkness.Fairbanks is different from Ketchican.

 

We are headed to Ketchikan, Juneau, Skagway and Victoria, BC.

I was just wanting a general idea of what to expect.

[Yukon]

At that time, 4-5 weeks after the Solstice, you'll get some dark but not a lot. You can find exact sunrise/sunset times for the various ports at http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/RS_OneDay.php

[Putterdude]

and here is yet another link if you wish.

http://www.sunrisesunset.com/custom_srss_calendar.asp

[Cooks_Bay]

U.S. Naval Observatory

Astronomical Applications Department

 

 

 

Sun and Moon Data for One Day

 

The following information is provided for Juneau, Juneau Borough, Alaska (longitude W134.4, latitude N58.3):

Wednesday 23 July 2008 Alaska Daylight Time SUN Begin civil twilight 3:32 a.m. Sunrise 4:32 a.m. Sun transit 1:04 p.m. Sunset 9:35 p.m. End civil twilight 10:34 p.m. MOON Moonrise 10:26 p.m. on preceding day Moon transit 4:55 a.m. Moonset 11:46 a.m. Moonrise 10:30 p.m. Moonset 1:18 p.m. on following day

[DevBrown]

Thanks for info everyone.