Local time · Macon
What time is it in Macon, Georgia?
4:49:06AM
- Time zone
- EST
- America/New_York
- UTC offset
- −5:00
- Standard is −5:00
- Daylight saving
- Not in force
- Starts Sun, Mar 14
- Population
- 157,056
- City proper
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About this clock
Daylight saving in Macon
Macon is currently on standard time. The next change is Sunday, March 14, 2027, when 2:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time.
Macon sits at 32.81°N, 83.69°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Macon.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Standard Time, but the sun does not. Over Macon it is highest at 12:19 pm today — 19 minutes after clock noon.
At 83.7°W, Macon sits 35 minutes of solar time west of Eastern Standard Time’s 75° meridian, so on standard time the sun peaks 35 minutes after noon.
Daylight in Macon today
- Sunrise
- 7:03 am
- Sunset
- 5:34 pm
- Day length
- 10 hours 31 minutes
- Longest day
- 14 hours 19 minutes
Today runs 10 hours 31 minutes in Macon, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 4 hours 20 minutes, from 14 hours 19 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 59 minutes in December.
At 32.8°N that puts Macon between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.