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What time is it in Middletown, Delaware?

8:52:37 AM

Friday, September 25, 2026. Eastern Daylight Time, UTC−4:00.

Time zone
Eastern Daylight Time
UTC offset
UTC−4:00
Daylight saving
In force now
Population
25,686

Daylight saving in Middletown

Middletown is currently on daylight saving time. The next change is Sunday, November 1, 2026, when 2:00 am becomes 1:00 am local time.

Middletown sits at 39.44°N, 75.72°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Middletown.

Clock time against sun time

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Middletown it is highest at 12:54 pm today — 54 minutes after clock noon.

At 75.7°W, Middletown sits well toward the western edge of its zone, which is why the sun stays up later here than the clock suggests. Daylight saving adds another hour on top until the clocks change.

Daylight in Middletown today

Sunrise
6:53 am
Sunset
6:55 pm
Day length
12 hours 2 minutes
Longest day
14 hours 57 minutes

Today runs 12 hours 2 minutes in Middletown, and the day is getting shorter by 3 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 5 hours 34 minutes, from 14 hours 57 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 23 minutes in December.

At 39.4°N that puts Middletown between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.