Today:
At around 6:30 PM, a view to the south-southwest shows the Waxing Crescent Moon on the left-hand corner of the constellation Capricorn. Outside of Capricorn, and farther the southwest, shines the brilliant planet Venus, which sets at 7:20 PM. Capricorn follows during the next hours, while its “passenger”, the Moon lingers through 9:30 PM.

Saturday:
First becoming visible in the east-southeast at sunset, the planet Jupiter will rise nearly overhead by midnight. Tonight Jupiter will reach opposition, directly opposite the Sun as the Earth’s faster orbit takes us between them. By midnight, Jupiter will receive no competition from Moon, which will set at around 11:15 PM.

Sunday:
Look for the First Quarter Moon more than one third of the way above the horizon, due south at 6 o’clock this evening, which is the direction in which the First Quarter Moon always appears. Because the Moon is one “quarter” of the way through its monthly orbit around the Earth, a quarter of that circle would be half way between the western and eastern horizon. The moderately bright star to the right of the Moon is no star, but the planet Saturn, home to 146 moons of its own!