Eckington in numbers
- Coordinates
- 38.9126, -77.0091
- Elevation
- 28 m above sea level
- Region
- District of Columbia
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 3 km away
- Same name
- 2 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Eckington, District of Columbia, United States
Below is the local time in Eckington, District of Columbia, United States, kept in the America/New_York zone (−4).
Eckington, United States
Thursday, 15 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Eckington
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Eckington.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:18 AM Solar noon 12:55 PM Sunset 6:31 PM Daylight 11 h 13 min Night 12 h 47 min Civil twilight 6:51 AM – 6:58 PM
Weather in Eckington right now
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Eckington and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 20417 Washington — 0.7 km away
- 20001 Washington — 0.7 km away
- 20060 Washington — 1.1 km away
- 20376 Washington Navy Yard — 1.3 km away
- 20536 Washington — 1.4 km away
- 20404 Washington — 1.5 km away
- 20055 Washington — 1.6 km away
- 20529 Washington — 1.8 km away
- 20208 Washington — 1.8 km away
- 20548 Washington — 1.8 km away
- 20442 Washington — 2.0 km away
- 20534 Washington — 2.1 km away
Postal codes come from the free GeoNames dataset. Where a code is listed with a distance, it belongs to a nearby settlement — GeoNames spells that name differently from ours.
Largest cities in District of Columbia
- Washington 689 545
- Downtown DC 52 560
- Columbia Heights 38 000
- Mount Pleasant 35 842
- Central 14th Street / Spring Road 25 899
- Northwest One 23 386
Other places named Eckington
Same time zone — America/New_York
- New York City United States
- Brooklyn United States
- Queens United States
- Philadelphia United States
- Manhattan United States
- The Bronx United States
Nearby places
- Bloomingdale — 0.5 km
- Truxton Circle — 0.6 km
- District Of Columbia — 0.9 km
- Shaw — 1.1 km
- Westminster — 1.1 km
- Edgewood — 1.3 km
Eckington: clock, sun and surroundings
Time in Bloomingdale and Truxton Circle, both close to Eckington, runs the same.
Eckington carries 12 postal codes.
Eckington counts hours by America/New_York, which stands at UTC−4. Whether daylight saving is kept: Yes.
Sun-up in Eckington is 7:18 AM today and sun-down is 6:31 PM. That gap holds 11 h 13 min of daylight.
Questions and answers
- What zone is used to calculate the time in Eckington?
- The time in Eckington is calculated using America/New_York, with an offset of −4.
- Should I expect a daylight saving change in Eckington?
- Yes.
- When should I expect the sun to set in Eckington?
- Expect it at 6:31 PM.