Local time · Henderson
What time is it in Henderson, Kentucky?
3:49:40AM
- Time zone
- CST
- America/Chicago
- UTC offset
- −6:00
- Standard is −6:00
- Daylight saving
- Not in force
- Starts Sun, Mar 14
- Population
- 27,750
- City proper
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About this clock
Henderson does not keep Kentucky's usual time
Most of Kentucky is on Eastern Standard Time, but Henderson keeps Central Standard Time — 1 hour behind 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.
Henderson is currently on standard time. The next change is Sunday, March 14, 2027, when 2:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time.
Henderson sits at 37.84°N, 87.58°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Henderson.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Standard Time, but the sun does not. Over Henderson it is highest at 11:34 am today — 26 minutes before clock noon.
At 87.6°W, Henderson sits 10 minutes of solar time east of Central Standard Time’s 90° meridian, so on standard time the sun peaks 10 minutes before noon.
Daylight in Henderson today
- Sunrise
- 6:28 am
- Sunset
- 4:40 pm
- Day length
- 10 hours 11 minutes
- Longest day
- 14 hours 47 minutes
Today runs 10 hours 11 minutes in Henderson, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 5 hours 15 minutes, from 14 hours 47 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 32 minutes in December.
At 37.8°N that puts Henderson between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.