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Selberg has given asymptotic results concerning moments of the argument of the Riemann zeta function on the critical line. This paper considers analogous results for \(L\)-functions of real analytic modular forms of weight zero. The argument of the \(L\)-function of the Eisenstein series \(E(z,1/2+ir)\) is \(S_r(t) = {1\over\pi} \arg\zeta (1/2+ it+ ir) +{1\over\pi} \arg\zeta(1/2+ it- ir)\) considered as a continuous function of \(t\in {\mathbb{R}}\). It satisfies \[ \int_T^{2T} S_r(t)^n dr = C_n T (2\log\log T)^{n/2} + O (T(\log\log T)^{(n-1)/2}), \] with \(C_n=n!/(n/2)! (2\pi)^n\) for even \(n\), and \(C_n=0\) for odd \(n\). The averaging is over the spectral parameter \(r\), not over \(t\) as in Selberg's result. Let \(\{u_j\}\) be an orthonormal basis of the cuspidal Maass forms with eigenvalues \(\lambda_j=1/4+r_j^2\). Here too, the averaging is over the spectral parameter. The authors study the properties of the sum \[ \Sigma_\beta(T,n,t) =\sum_j e^{-\beta(T-r_j)^2} |\nu_j(1)|^2 S_j(t)^n, \] with notations \(S_j(t)\) for the argument at \(1/2+it\) of the \(L\)-function of \(u_j\), and \(\nu_j(1)\) for the Fourier coefficient of order \(1\) of \(u_j\). For fixed \(\beta>0\) and \(t>0\), the result is \[ \Sigma_\beta(T,n,t) = 2\pi^{-3/2} \beta^{-1/2} C_n T(\log\log T)^{n/2} + O(T(\log\log T)^{(n-1)/2}). \] This leads to another result, interpreted as a weighted central limit theorem for \(S_j(t) /\log\log \lambda_j\).