Morehead in numbers
- Coordinates
- 37.2711, -87.1764
- Elevation
- 153 m above sea level
- Population
- 7 622
- Region
- Kentucky
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 905 km away
- Same name
- 3 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Morehead, Kentucky, United States
This page holds the current clock reading for Morehead, Kentucky, United States, in the America/Chicago time zone (−5).
Morehead, United States
Tuesday, 27 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Morehead
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Morehead.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:09 AM Solar noon 12:34 PM Sunset 5:58 PM Daylight 10 h 49 min Night 13 h 11 min Civil twilight 6:42 AM – 6:25 PM
Weather in Morehead right now
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Morehead and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 40351
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 Kentucky
- Louisville 624 444
- Lexington 320 347
- Lexington-Fayette 314 488
- Meads 288 649
- Bowling Green 63 616
- Owensboro 59 042
Other places named Morehead
- Morehead Kentucky, United States
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- Morehead Kansas, United States
Same time zone — America/Chicago
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- Austin United States
Nearby places
- Mercer — 2.7 km
- Hillside — 2.8 km
- Nebo — 3.6 km
- Powderly — 4.0 km
- Central City — 5.3 km
- Stringtown — 5.9 km
About the time in Morehead
Sunlight reaches Morehead at 7:09 AM and fades after 5:58 PM today. The span is 10 h 49 min.
Mercer and Hillside are close to Morehead and observe the same time.
1 postal code is listed for Morehead.
The name of the time zone in Morehead is America/Chicago, and it runs UTC−5. Daylight saving time: Yes.
Questions and answers
- What time zone value is associated with Morehead?
- The value associated with Morehead is America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Does the local schedule in Morehead include a clock change?
- Yes.
- How do I know when the sun sets in Morehead?
- Sunset there is at 5:58 PM.