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What time is it in Junction, Illinois, United States

Read off the current local time in Junction, Illinois, United States, which belongs to the America/Chicago zone (−5).

Junction, United States

Saturday, 5 September 2026

UTC−5 · America/Chicago

Local time in Junction

UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active

Local time in Junction, Illinois.

The sun today

Sunrise 6:28 AM Solar noon 12:53 PM Sunset 7:18 PM Daylight 12 h 51 min Night 11 h 09 min Civil twilight 6:01 AM – 7:45 PM

Weather in Junction right now

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Junction and its neighbours

Lawler Shawneetown Bowlesville (historical) New Market (historical) Gibsonia Old Shawneetown Equality Kedron Junction
Junction at 37.7234, -88.2367 with the nearest towns within 11.2 km · open in OpenStreetMap

Postal codes

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.

Junction in numbers

Coordinates
37.7234, -88.2367
Elevation
110 m above sea level
Population
122
Region
Illinois
Country
United States, North America
Capital
Washington, D.C. — 985 km away
Same name
15 more places in the world share this name

Largest cities in Illinois

Other places named Junction

Same time zone — America/Chicago

Nearby places

Local time details for Junction

The postal breakdown of Junction runs to 3 codes.

Junction observes America/Chicago time, currently expressed as UTC−5. Daylight saving time here: Yes.

Sunrise today is 6:28 AM in Junction, with sunset at 7:18 PM. That works out to 12 h 51 min of light.

Lawler and Shawneetown are close to Junction and observe the same time.

Questions and answers

What is Junction's time zone?
Junction's time zone is America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
Is daylight saving time in force in Junction?
Daylight saving in Junction: Yes.
Sunset in Junction is at what time?
At 7:18 PM.
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