Alpha in numbers
- Coordinates
- 40.8520, -75.2849
- Elevation
- 242 m above sea level
- Region
- Pennsylvania
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 264 km away
- Same name
- 24 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Alpha, Pennsylvania, United States
Check the current local time in Alpha, Pennsylvania, United States, which sits in the America/New_York time zone (−4).
Alpha, United States
Monday, 19 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Alpha
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Alpha, Pennsylvania.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:18 AM Solar noon 12:47 PM Sunset 6:17 PM Daylight 10 h 59 min Night 13 h 01 min Civil twilight 6:50 AM – 6:44 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 Pennsylvania
- Philadelphia 1 573 916
- Pittsburgh 304 391
- Allentown 120 207
- Erie 99 475
- Reading 87 879
- Scranton 77 118
Other places named Alpha
- Alpha New Jersey, United States
- Alpha Illinois, United States
- Alpha Queensland, Australia
- Alpha Michigan, United States
- Alpha Minnesota, United States
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
- Grand Central — 1.9 km
- Delabole — 3.6 km
- Factoryville — 7.0 km
- Edelman — 7.1 km
- Flicksville — 7.1 km
- Katellen — 7.6 km
Time and daylight in Alpha
Grand Central and Delabole are near Alpha and do not differ from it in time.
Alpha accounts for 5 postal codes.
Alpha runs on America/New_York, which sits UTC−4 relative to Coordinated Universal Time. Daylight saving in effect: Yes.
The sun rises at 7:18 AM, sets at 6:17 PM, and stays over Alpha for 10 h 59 min. That is today's daylight.
Questions and answers
- Should America/New_York be used as the time zone for Alpha?
- Yes, Alpha uses America/New_York, whose offset is −4.
- Does Alpha observe a seasonal time shift?
- Daylight saving in Alpha: Yes.
- What time is sunset in Alpha?
- It is 6:17 PM.