Local time · Wilson
What time is it in Wilson, North Carolina?
4:50:47AM
- Time zone
- EST
- America/New_York
- UTC offset
- −5:00
- Standard is −5:00
- Daylight saving
- Not in force
- Starts Sun, Mar 14
- Population
- 48,579
- City proper
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About this clock
Daylight saving in Wilson
Wilson is currently on standard time. The next change is Sunday, March 14, 2027, when 2:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time.
Wilson sits at 35.73°N, 77.93°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Wilson.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Standard Time, but the sun does not. Over Wilson it is highest at 11:55 am today — 5 minutes before clock noon.
At 77.9°W, Wilson sits 12 minutes of solar time west of Eastern Standard Time’s 75° meridian, so on standard time the sun peaks 12 minutes after noon.
Daylight in Wilson today
- Sunrise
- 6:45 am
- Sunset
- 5:06 pm
- Day length
- 10 hours 20 minutes
- Longest day
- 14 hours 35 minutes
Today runs 10 hours 20 minutes in Wilson, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 4 hours 51 minutes, from 14 hours 35 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 44 minutes in December.
At 35.7°N that puts Wilson between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.