I'm about to reveal some of my secrets here, some of my sources where I learn about interesting celestial events before they're a footnote on the 6 o'clock news.
U.S. Naval Observatory, Astromical Applications Department - The Data Services page has all sorts of astronomical calculators, including a Sun and Moon Data generator for any day.
An example of the data generated, for today:
Sun and Moon Data for One Day
The following information is provided for Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama (longitude W86.6, latitude N34.7):
Tuesday
21 June 2005 Central Daylight Time
SUN
Begin civil twilight 5:04 a.m.
Sunrise 5:34 a.m.
Sun transit 12:48 p.m.
Sunset 8:03 p.m.
End civil twilight 8:32 p.m.
MOON
Moonrise 6:56 p.m. on preceding day
Moon transit 11:47 p.m. on preceding day
Moonset 4:35 a.m.
Moonrise 8:08 p.m.
Moonset 5:37 a.m. on following day
Full Moon on 21 June 2005 at 11:14 p.m. Central Daylight Time.
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A transit of either the sun or moon, is when it is at it's apex along it's path that day, at it's highest point.
Infoplease.com - Sun, Moon, and Stars: Movement of the Heavenly Bodies, June 2005
Archaeoastronomy.com - lots of animations explaining the seasons, what a solstice is, and calendars of astronomical events
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