Current time in Philipsburg
Thursday, 16 July 2026
Philipsburg, Sint Maarten · America/Lower_Princes · UTC-04:00
Time-zone identity for Philipsburg
- IANA zone
America/Lower_Princes- UTC offset now
- UTC-04:00
- Current zone label
- GMT-4
- Clock-change status
- No UTC offset change was found in the next 370 days.
Philipsburg is currently 4 hours behind UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Clock changes in Philipsburg
370-day checked horizon
No UTC offset change was found through Wednesday, 21 July 2027 in runtime time-zone data 2026b.
Time-zone history
UTC offset changes for Philipsburg
A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for America/Lower_Princes, covering 2021 through 2031. Events are offset changes; their legal or daylight-saving cause is not inferred.
Previous 5 years
No UTC offset transition was found in the previous 5 years.
Next 5 years
No UTC offset transition was found in the next 5 years.
Dates are calculated from IANA time-zone rules. The calculation checks for offset changes throughout the displayed period and resolves each change to the nearest second.
Sun and Moon today
Sun and Moon in Philipsburg
Daily astronomical events for Thursday, 16 July 2026, expressed in America/Lower_Princes local time. Polar-day or polar-night events may be unavailable on a particular date.
Sun
- Sunrise
- 05:45
- Sunset
- 18:51
- Solar noon
- 12:18
- Civil twilight
- 05:22–19:15
Moon
- Moonrise
- 07:58
- Moonset
- 20:57
- Phase
- Waxing Crescent
- Illumination
- 7%
Capital city context
About Philipsburg, capital of Sint Maarten
Philipsburg is identified in the reviewed place record as the capital of Sint Maarten. This page combines its live local clock with geographic, time-zone, weather and astronomical context.
- Capital status
- Capital of Sint Maarten
- Administrative area
- Sint Maarten
- Population
- 1,400
- Coordinates
- 18.0260° N, 63.0458° W. The elevation is 0 metres.
Country context
Sint Maarten at a glance
Country information for Sint Maarten. The listed time zones reflect cities available in this directory and may not include every territorial exception.
- Capital
- Philipsburg is the listed capital.
- Country codes
- SX · SXM · 534
- Population
- 40,654
- Currency
- Caribbean guilder (XCG)
- Calling code
- +599
- Languages
- Dutch and English
- Time zones represented
- 1 time zone is used by cities in this directory: America/Lower_Princes.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Philipsburg
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Philipsburg. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- MarigotSaint Martin6.1 km northwest
America/MarigotSame local time - The ValleyAnguilla21 km north
America/AnguillaSame local time - GustaviaSaint Barthelemy25 km southeast
America/St_BarthelemySame local time - BasseterreSaint George Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis88 km southeast
America/St_KittsSame local time - Saint John’sSaint John Parish, Antigua and Barbuda162 km southeast
America/AntiguaSame local time - PlymouthSaint Anthony, Montserrat171 km southeast
America/MontserratSame local time
Data and methodology
The current time is calculated for America/Lower_Princes when the page loads. The offset history covers five years before and after today using IANA time-zone data version 2026b. Future changes are hidden when a newer published rule is not yet available to the calculator. GeoNames ID 3513392 supplies the location and coordinates; nearby distances are straight-line estimates.
Place data 2026-07-15_01-57-51-849; time calculated 2026-07-16T23:14:56.189Z; IANA time-zone data 2026b; astronomy retrieved 2026-07-16T23:14:56.212Z
View calculation details and sources
- GeoNames cities15000GeoNames · version 2026-07-15_01-57-51-849 · CC BY 4.0 · accessedPlace and country names, administrative areas, coordinates, population, capital, codes, currency, calling codes and languages.
- IANA Time Zone DatabaseInternet Assigned Numbers Authority · version 2026b · Public domain · accessedTime-zone names, UTC offsets and clock changes.
- Unicode Common Locale Data RepositoryUnicode Consortium · version 48.0 · Unicode License v3 · accessedEnglish display names for countries, currencies and languages.
- Complete Sun and Moon Data for One DayUnited States Naval Observatory · version API 4.0.1 · U.S. Government work · accessedDaily sunrise, sunset, civil twilight, solar transit, moonrise, moonset, phase and illumination.