Local time · Jackson
What time is it in Jackson, Michigan?
4:48:58AM
- Time zone
- EST
- America/Detroit
- UTC offset
- −5:00
- Standard is −5:00
- Daylight saving
- Not in force
- Starts Sun, Mar 14
- Population
- 30,920
- City proper
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About this clock
Daylight saving in Jackson
Jackson is currently on standard time. The next change is Sunday, March 14, 2027, when 2:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time.
Jackson sits at 42.24°N, 84.40°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Jackson.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Standard Time, but the sun does not. Over Jackson it is highest at 12:21 pm today — 21 minutes after clock noon.
At 84.4°W, Jackson 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 Jackson today
- Sunrise
- 7:26 am
- Sunset
- 5:17 pm
- Day length
- 9 hours 52 minutes
- Longest day
- 15 hours 16 minutes
Today runs 9 hours 52 minutes in Jackson, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 6 hours 11 minutes, from 15 hours 16 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 5 minutes in December.
At 42.2°N that puts Jackson between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.