The Astronomical Diaries for Maine, provided by the Maine Nature News for recent years, are available by clicking on the links below. They give times of equinoxes, solstices, lunar and solar eclipses, New and Full Moon phases (and starting in 2004 the First and Last Quarters as well), and beginning/ending dates of Daylight Savings Time. They report these in the time format most useful to Maine, i.e. all times are given in Eastern Time (Standard or Daylight Savings, as appropriate). Some almanacs and calendars are casual about this time change, and/or give the data in Universal Time (Greenwich Mean Time).
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The lunar and solar events given in the tables in the Astronomical Diaries do not depend on one's location on Earth. Therefore the times given are the moments (in Eastern Time) when they precisely occur. However, sunrise, sunset, moonrise and moonset do depend on location. Link to the U.S. Naval Observatory's Astronomical Applications: Data Online page to calculate these at need.
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