Half Moon in numbers
- Coordinates
- 34.8260, -77.4594
- Elevation
- 9 m above sea level
- Population
- 8 352
- Region
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 454 km away
- Same name
- 3 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Half Moon, North Carolina, United States
This page shows local time in Half Moon, North Carolina, United States as of this moment, in the America/New_York zone (−4).
Half Moon, United States
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Half Moon
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Half Moon.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:17 AM Solar noon 12:56 PM Sunset 6:36 PM Daylight 11 h 18 min Night 12 h 42 min Civil twilight 6:52 AM – 7:01 PM
Weather in Half Moon right now
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Half Moon and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 28546 Jacksonville — 9.4 km away
- 28540 Jacksonville — 9.8 km away
- 28543 Tarawa Terrace — 12.2 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 North Carolina
- Charlotte 911 311
- Raleigh 482 295
- West Raleigh 338 759
- Greensboro 285 342
- Durham 257 636
- Winston-Salem 241 218
Other places named Half Moon
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
- Edgewood Park — 0.3 km
- Greenbriar — 0.4 km
- Half Moon Heights — 1.1 km
- Raintree — 1.3 km
- Summersill Estates — 1.4 km
- Cedar Creek — 1.5 km
Local time details for Half Moon
Across Half Moon, 3 postal codes are recorded.
Half Moon uses the America/New_York time zone with a UTC−4 offset. Whether daylight saving time is used: Yes.
Morning light reaches Half Moon at 7:17 AM, and the sun sets at 6:36 PM. Daylight lasts a total of 11 h 18 min.
Travelling from Half Moon to Edgewood Park or Greenbriar does not change the hour.
Questions and answers
- What time zone includes Half Moon?
- The time zone that includes Half Moon is America/New_York, with an offset of −4.
- Is daylight saving time part of the local schedule in Half Moon?
- Daylight saving time in Half Moon: Yes.
- When does the sun disappear in Half Moon?
- It disappears at 6:36 PM.