Local time · Lorton
What time is it in Lorton, Virginia?
4:49:40AM
- Time zone
- EST
- America/New_York
- UTC offset
- −5:00
- Standard is −5:00
- Daylight saving
- Not in force
- Starts Sun, Mar 14
- Population
- 20,072
- City proper
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About this clock
Daylight saving in Lorton
Lorton is currently on standard time. The next change is Sunday, March 14, 2027, when 2:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time.
Lorton sits at 38.70°N, 77.22°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Lorton.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Standard Time, but the sun does not. Over Lorton it is highest at 11:53 am today — 7 minutes before clock noon.
At 77.2°W, Lorton sits 9 minutes of solar time west of Eastern Standard Time’s 75° meridian, so on standard time the sun peaks 9 minutes after noon.
Daylight in Lorton today
- Sunrise
- 6:49 am
- Sunset
- 4:57 pm
- Day length
- 10 hours 8 minutes
- Longest day
- 14 hours 53 minutes
Today runs 10 hours 8 minutes in Lorton, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 5 hours 25 minutes, from 14 hours 53 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 27 minutes in December.
At 38.7°N that puts Lorton between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.