Local time · Independence
What time is it in Independence, Kentucky?
4:49:05AM
- Time zone
- EST
- America/New_York
- UTC offset
- −5:00
- Standard is −5:00
- Daylight saving
- Not in force
- Starts Sun, Mar 14
- Population
- 30,196
- City proper
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About this clock
Independence does not keep Kentucky's usual time
Most of Kentucky is on Eastern Standard Time, but Independence 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.
Independence is currently on standard time. The next change is Sunday, March 14, 2027, when 2:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time.
Independence sits at 38.96°N, 84.55°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Independence.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Standard Time, but the sun does not. Over Independence it is highest at 12:22 pm today — 22 minutes after clock noon.
At 84.5°W, Independence 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 Independence today
- Sunrise
- 7:19 am
- Sunset
- 5:25 pm
- Day length
- 10 hours 7 minutes
- Longest day
- 14 hours 54 minutes
Today runs 10 hours 7 minutes in Independence, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 5 hours 28 minutes, from 14 hours 54 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 26 minutes in December.
At 39.0°N that puts Independence between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.