Today:
Night owls at 3:30 tomorrow morning will see a waning Crescent Moon due east, accompanied by the royal star Regulus, the “heart” of Leo, the Lion. If that’s too early, they climb higher into the southeast, about two thirds of the way up from the horizon as twilight creeps into the morning skies from 6:15 to 6:45 AM.
Saturday:
Lowering into the west-northwest this evening, the pale orange star Arcturus, sets near 8:15 PM EDT. However, our second brightest star is not done. Early tomorrow morning, Arcturus climbs back into the east-northeast starting at 5:25, though much easier to find one hour later.
Sunday:
Guess who’s rising before midnight? The Winter champion Orion lifts into the east and southeast for night owls, tracking to due south near 4 o’clock tomorrow morning, and then heads into the southwest just as twilight begins, near 6 o’clock.