Sunrise & sunset in Kentucky
22 places in Kentucky, each computed from its own coordinates. Today is Tuesday, September 22, 2026; times below are local to each city.
First sunrise in the state
Ashland, 7:18 AM local time.
Last sunrise in the state
Paducah, 6:42 AM local time — 24 minutes after Ashland in real time. The state also spans more than one time zone, so the clock times differ again.
Today across Kentucky
| City | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 7:30 AM | 7:39 PM | 12h 09m |
| Lexington | 7:25 AM | 7:35 PM | 12h 09m |
| Bowling Green | 6:33 AM | 6:42 PM | 12h 08m |
| Owensboro | 6:36 AM | 6:45 PM | 12h 09m |
| Covington | 7:26 AM | 7:35 PM | 12h 09m |
| Georgetown | 7:26 AM | 7:35 PM | 12h 09m |
| Richmond | 7:25 AM | 7:34 PM | 12h 09m |
| Elizabethtown | 7:31 AM | 7:40 PM | 12h 09m |
| Florence | 7:26 AM | 7:35 PM | 12h 09m |
| Nicholasville | 7:26 AM | 7:35 PM | 12h 09m |
| Hopkinsville | 6:38 AM | 6:47 PM | 12h 08m |
| Independence | 7:26 AM | 7:35 PM | 12h 09m |
| Jeffersontown | 7:30 AM | 7:39 PM | 12h 09m |
| Frankfort | 7:27 AM | 7:36 PM | 12h 09m |
| Henderson | 6:38 AM | 6:47 PM | 12h 09m |
| Paducah | 6:42 AM | 6:51 PM | 12h 08m |
| Radcliff | 7:31 AM | 7:40 PM | 12h 09m |
| Ashland | 7:18 AM | 7:27 PM | 12h 09m |
| Erlanger | 7:26 AM | 7:35 PM | 12h 09m |
| Madisonville | 6:38 AM | 6:47 PM | 12h 09m |
| Winchester | 7:24 AM | 7:33 PM | 12h 09m |
| Mount Washington | 7:30 AM | 7:39 PM | 12h 09m |
About sunrise in Kentucky
The sun reaches Ashland 24 minutes before Paducah today — that gap is longitude, and it is fixed: the Earth turns fifteen degrees an hour, so every degree of longitude is four minutes of sunrise. Kentucky also spans 4 time zones, so two cities can see the sun at the same instant and read different clock times.
Eastern Kentucky, including Louisville and Lexington, is on Eastern Time. The western third of the state, including Bowling Green and Paducah, keeps Central Time.