Local time · Bloomington
What time is it in Bloomington, Indiana?
4:49:23AM
- Time zone
- EST
- America/Indiana/Indianapolis
- UTC offset
- −5:00
- Standard is −5:00
- Daylight saving
- Not in force
- Starts Sun, Mar 14
- Population
- 79,986
- City proper
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About this clock
Daylight saving in Bloomington
Bloomington is currently on standard time. The next change is Sunday, March 14, 2027, when 2:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time.
Bloomington sits at 39.16°N, 86.52°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Bloomington.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Standard Time, but the sun does not. Over Bloomington it is highest at 12:30 pm today — 30 minutes after clock noon.
At 86.5°W, Bloomington sits 46 minutes of solar time west of Eastern Standard Time’s 75° meridian, so on standard time the sun peaks 46 minutes after noon.
Daylight in Bloomington today
- Sunrise
- 7:27 am
- Sunset
- 5:33 pm
- Day length
- 10 hours 6 minutes
- Longest day
- 14 hours 55 minutes
Today runs 10 hours 6 minutes in Bloomington, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 5 hours 31 minutes, from 14 hours 55 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 25 minutes in December.
At 39.2°N that puts Bloomington between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.