Bootleg Astronomers

7	Moon near the Pleiades (17° from Sun, morning sky) at 2h UT. • The Pleiades (Wikipedia)
7	Moon near Mars (12° from Sun, morning sky) at 14h UT. Mag. +1.4.
8	New Moon at 15:58 UT. Start of lunation 1119. • Lunation Number (Wikipedia)
9	Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 22h UT (distance 406,486 km; angular size 29.4').
10	Moon near Venus (19° from Sun, evening sky) at 9h UT. Mag. -3.9.
11	Moon near Pollux (evening sky) at 15h UT.
12	Mercury at greatest elongation, 24° east of Sun (evening sky) at 17h UT. Mag. +0.5.
12	Moon near Beehive cluster (46° from Sun, evening sky) at 21h UT. • Beehive Cluster (Wikipedia)
14	Moon near Regulus (evening sky) at 18h UT.
16	First Quarter Moon at 17:24 UT.
18	Moon very near Spica (116° from Sun, evening sky) at 22h UT. Occultation visible from southern Africa and Madagascar. • Occultation of Spica (US Naval Observatory) • Occultation of Spica (IOTA)
19	Jupiter at conjunction with the Sun at 16h UT. Passes into the morning sky (not visible).
19	Moon near Saturn (127° from Sun, evening sky) at 17h UT. Mag. +0.5.
20	Mercury 1.9° S of Venus (22° from Sun, evening sky) at 7h UT. Mags. +1.3 and -3.9. An excellent opportuntiy to find elusive Mercury.
21	June solstice at 5:04 UT. The time when the Sun reaches the point farthest north of the celestial equator marking the start of summer in the Northern Hemisphere and winter in the Southern Hemisphere. • June Solstice (Wikipedia)
22	Moon near Antares (evening sky) at 0h UT.
22	Venus 5.2° S of Pollux (22° from Sun, evening sky) at 8h UT. Mags. -3.9 and +1.2.
23	Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 11h UT (356,911 km; 33.5'). Nearest in 2013. Occurs about half an hour before Full Moon so very high tides expected!
23	Full Moon at 11:33 UT. • Full Moon Names (Wikipedia)
30	Last Quarter Moon at 4:54 UT.
	>>> All times Universal Time (UT). USA Central Standard Time = UT-6 hours. (DST = UT-5 hrs,)

The Zodiacal Light is caused by sunlight reflected off meteoric dust in the plane of the solar system. Choose a clear, moonless night, about 1-2 hours after sunset, and look for a large triangular-shaped glow extending up from the horizon (along the ecliptic). The best months to view the Zodiacal Light is when the ecliptic is almost vertical at the horizon: March and April (evening) and October-November (morning); times reversed for the southern hemisphere.
• Zodiacal Light (Wikipedia)
• Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD)
• Photographing the Zodiacal Light (Weatherscapes)