Alpha in numbers
- Coordinates
- 41.1917, -90.3801
- Elevation
- 245 m above sea level
- Population
- 648
- Region
- Illinois
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1163 km away
- Same name
- 24 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Alpha, Illinois, United States
Check the current local time in Alpha, Illinois, United States, which sits in the America/Chicago time zone (−5).
Alpha, United States
Wednesday, 21 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Alpha
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Alpha keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:21 AM Solar noon 12:47 PM Sunset 6:14 PM Daylight 10 h 53 min Night 13 h 07 min Civil twilight 6:53 AM – 6:42 PM
Weather in Alpha right now
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Alpha and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 42603
- 45301
- 49902
- 56111
- 61413
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 Illinois
Other places named Alpha
- Alpha New Jersey, United States
- Alpha Queensland, Australia
- Alpha Michigan, United States
- Alpha Minnesota, United States
- Alpha Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica
Same time zone — America/Chicago
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Nearby places
- Oxford (historical) — 4.9 km
- New Windsor — 5.3 km
- Woodhull — 5.5 km
- Ophiem — 6.8 km
- Rio — 9.3 km
- Griffin — 10.6 km
Time and daylight in Alpha
The area of Alpha is divided into 5 postal codes.
Alpha runs on America/Chicago, which sits UTC−5 relative to Coordinated Universal Time. Daylight saving in effect: Yes.
In Alpha the sun rises today at 7:21 AM and sets again at 6:14 PM. Daylight fills 10 h 53 min of the day.
Time runs the same in Alpha and in nearby Oxford (historical) and New Windsor.
Questions and answers
- What zone is used to calculate the time in Alpha?
- The time in Alpha is calculated using America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- What time zone rules apply in Alpha — does the clock change for daylight saving time?
- Daylight saving time in Alpha: Yes.
- At what hour does the sun rise in Alpha?
- At 7:21 AM.