ORLANDO, Fla. – You read that right! Utqiagvik, formerly known as Barrow, Alaska, will watch the sun set for the last time this year on Tuesday.

The sun will officially rise at 12:45 p.m. local time and set at 1:38 p.m., giving Utqiagvik 52 minutes of daylight on Tuesday. The sun won’t rise again above the horizon until Jan. 22, 2026.

The length of that day will be 37 minutes.

Utqiagvik lies within the Arctic Circle. Polar night

In the winter months, the northern hemisphere is tilted away from the sun, keeping the sun below the horizon. Earth's tilt

The tilt of the Earth is why we experience seasons. The seasons

Even though there won’t be an official sunrise for more than two months, it isn’t necessarily completely dark all the time.

At its brightest, however, it will look how t

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