Current Local Time in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA

8:04:11 am EST

Wednesday, January 21, 2026

Country:	United States
State:	Pennsylvania (PA)
Lat/Long:	41°15'N / 75°53'W
Elevation:	160 m
Currency:	United States Dollar (USD)
Languages:	English
Country Code:	+1

°F

Weather

2 °F

Clear.
32 / 6 °F

Thu 22.		38 / 22 °F
Fri 23.		28 / 8 °F

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Time Zone

EST (Eastern Standard Time)
UTC/GMT -5 hours

DST starts

Mar 8, 2026
Forward 1 hour

DST ends

Nov 1, 2026
Back 1 hour

Difference

Same time as
Columbus

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Sunrise

7:23 am
↑ 116° Southeast

Sunset

5:06 pm
↑ 244° Southwest

Day length

9 hours, 43 minutes
+1m 49s longer

Moon 7.6%

Rise – 9:01 am
Set – 8:15 pm

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Solar Noon

Sun in South: 12:14 pm
Altitude: 29.0°

Astronomical
Twilight

5:47 am – 6:19 am
6:10 pm – 6:43 pm

Nautical
Twilight

6:19 am – 6:53 am
5:36 pm – 6:10 pm

Civil
Twilight

6:53 am – 7:23 am
5:06 pm – 5:36 pm

Previous
Moon Phase

New Moon
January 18, 2026
2:51 pm

Next
Moon Phase

First Quarter
January 25, 2026
11:47 pm

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Airports

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport, AVP
About 10 mi NE of Wilkes-Barre
Newark Liberty International Airport, EWR
About 97 mi ESE of Wilkes-Barre
John F. Kennedy International Airport, JFK
About 118 mi ESE of Wilkes-Barre
Philadelphia International Airport, PHL
About 101 mi SSE of Wilkes-Barre

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8:0411am

Wednesday, January 21, 2026