Lena in numbers
- Coordinates
- 42.3795, -89.8223
- Elevation
- 289 m above sea level
- Population
- 2 800
- Region
- Illinois
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1145 km away
- Same name
- 40 more places in the world share this name
This is the current time in Lena, Illinois, United States, shown for the America/Chicago time zone (−6).
Lena, United States
Saturday, 14 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Lena
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Lena, Illinois.
Sunrise 6:50 AM Solar noon 11:45 AM Sunset 4:40 PM Daylight 9 h 50 min Night 14 h 10 min Civil twilight 6:20 AM – 5:10 PM
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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.
Lena works to America/Chicago time, set at UTC−6. Daylight saving time applies: No.
Sunlight reaches Lena at 6:50 AM and fades after 4:40 PM today. The span is 9 h 50 min.
Nearby Salem and Waddams Grove need no separate clock from Lena.
Postal codes valid in Lena number 4.