What time is it in Augusta, Maine?
8:52:43 AM
Friday, September 25, 2026. Eastern Daylight Time, UTC−4:00.
- Time zone
- Eastern Daylight Time
- UTC offset
- UTC−4:00
- Daylight saving
- In force now
- Population
- 19,168
Daylight saving in Augusta
Augusta is currently on daylight saving time. The next change is Sunday, November 1, 2026, when 2:00 am becomes 1:00 am local time.
Augusta sits at 44.33°N, 69.73°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Augusta.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Augusta it is highest at 12:30 pm today — 30 minutes after clock noon.
At 69.7°W, Augusta sits comfortably inside its zone. Daylight saving adds another hour on top until the clocks change.
Daylight in Augusta today
- Sunrise
- 6:29 am
- Sunset
- 6:31 pm
- Day length
- 12 hours 1 minute
- Longest day
- 15 hours 32 minutes
Today runs 12 hours 1 minute in Augusta, and the day is getting shorter by 3 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 6 hours 41 minutes, from 15 hours 32 minutes at the June solstice down to 8 hours 51 minutes in December.
At 44.3°N that puts Augusta between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.