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1	Last Quarter Moon at 21:11 UT.
3	Venus 0.35° NNE of Beehive cluster M44 (26° from Sun, evening sky) at 12h UT. Mag. −3.9.
4	Mercury at greatest elongation west (22° from Sun, morning sky) at 20h UT. Mag. 0.5.
5	Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 15h UT (distance 405,341 km; angular size 29.5').
5	Earth at Aphelion (farthest from Sun) at 22h UT. The Sun- Earth distance is 1.016729 a.u. or about 152.1 million km. • Earth at Aphelion (SpaceWeather.com) • Photographic Size Comparison (Anthony Ayiomamitis)
6	Moon near the Pleiades (morning sky) at 4h UT. • The Pleiades (Wikipedia)
6	Moon near Aldebaran at 22h UT (morning sky). • Aldebaran (Wikipedia)
10	New Moon at 1:17 UT. Start of lunation 1219.
10	Moon near Castor at 8h UT (evening sky).
10	Moon near Pollux at 13h UT (evening sky).
11	Moon near Beehive cluster M44 (18° from Sun, evening sky) at 15h UT. The Beehive is a lovely sight in binoculars. • Beehive Cluster (Wikipedia) • M44: The Beehive Cluster (APOD)
12	Moon, Venus and Mars within a circle of diameter 3.6° (evening sky) at 12h UT. Mags. −3.9 and 1.8.
12	Moon near Mars (29° from Sun, evening sky) at 13h UT. Mag. 1.8. • Mars (Wikipedia)
13	Moon near Regulus at 9h UT (evening sky). • Regulus (Wikipedia)
13	Venus 0.47° NNE of Mars (28° from Sun, evening sky) at 14h UT. Mags. −3.9 and 1.8.
13	Mercury 2.2° S of star cluster M35 (19° from Sun, morning sky) at 15h UT. Mag. −0.5.
17	Moon near Spica at 10h UT (evening sky). • Spica (Wikipedia)
17	First Quarter Moon at 10:10 UT.
20	Moon near Antares at 15h UT (evening sky). • Antares (Wikipedia)
21	Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 10:24 UT (distance 364,521 km; angular size 32.8').
22	Venus 1.1° NNE of Regulus (31° from Sun, evening sky) at 4h UT. Mags. −3.9 and 1.4.
24	Full Moon at 2:36 UT.
24	Moon near Saturn (midnight sky) at 19h UT. Mag. 0.2. • Saturn (Wikipedia)
26	Moon near Jupiter (morning sky) at 5h UT. Mag. −2.8. • Jupiter (Wikipedia)
30	Mars 0.63° NNE of Regulus (23° from Sun, evening sky) at 2h UT. Mags. 1.8 and 1.4.
31	Last Quarter Moon at 13:17 UT.

>>> All times Universal Time (UT). USA Central Standard Time = UT-6 hours. (DST = UT-5 hrs,)

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)