Local time · Erlanger
What time is it in Erlanger, Kentucky?
4:49:59AM
- Time zone
- EST
- America/New_York
- UTC offset
- −5:00
- Standard is −5:00
- Daylight saving
- Not in force
- Starts Sun, Mar 14
- Population
- 20,172
- City proper
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About this clock
Erlanger does not keep Kentucky's usual time
Most of Kentucky is on Eastern Standard Time, but Erlanger keeps Eastern Standard Time — the same time as the rest of the state. This is the kind of thing that catches people out, and it is why the zone is resolved from the city’s own coordinates rather than assumed from the state.
Erlanger is currently on standard time. The next change is Sunday, March 14, 2027, when 2:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time.
Erlanger sits at 39.04°N, 84.60°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Erlanger.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Standard Time, but the sun does not. Over Erlanger it is highest at 12:22 pm today — 22 minutes after clock noon.
At 84.6°W, Erlanger sits 38 minutes of solar time west of Eastern Standard Time’s 75° meridian, so on standard time the sun peaks 38 minutes after noon.
Daylight in Erlanger today
- Sunrise
- 7:19 am
- Sunset
- 5:25 pm
- Day length
- 10 hours 6 minutes
- Longest day
- 14 hours 55 minutes
Today runs 10 hours 6 minutes in Erlanger, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 5 hours 29 minutes, from 14 hours 55 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 25 minutes in December.
At 39.0°N that puts Erlanger between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.