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What time is it in Morristown, New Jersey?

8:55:06 AM

Friday, September 25, 2026. Eastern Daylight Time, UTC−4:00.

Time zone
Eastern Daylight Time
UTC offset
UTC−4:00
Daylight saving
In force now
Population
20,732

Daylight saving in Morristown

Morristown is currently on daylight saving time. The next change is Sunday, November 1, 2026, when 2:00 am becomes 1:00 am local time.

Morristown sits at 40.80°N, 74.48°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Morristown.

Clock time against sun time

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Morristown it is highest at 12:49 pm today — 49 minutes after clock noon.

At 74.5°W, Morristown sits well toward the western edge of its zone, which is why the sun stays up later here than the clock suggests. Daylight saving adds another hour on top until the clocks change.

Daylight in Morristown today

Sunrise
6:48 am
Sunset
6:50 pm
Day length
12 hours 2 minutes
Longest day
15 hours 6 minutes

Today runs 12 hours 2 minutes in Morristown, and the day is getting shorter by 3 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 5 hours 52 minutes, from 15 hours 6 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 15 minutes in December.

At 40.8°N that puts Morristown between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.