Today:
Low in the south as darkness is complete near 8:45 PM, sits the constellation Sagittarius, the Centaur, and more specifically, within this pattern, a figure known as the “teapot”. Its triangular lid sits atop the teapot, with a handle on the left, and a spout on the right hand side, perhaps pouring on the tail of the Scorpion.
Friday:
Slightly before 10 PM, the Waning Gibbous Moon will rise in the northeast. Slightly above and to the right of the Moon appears the Pleiades, the cluster of starts also known as the Seven Sisters. The Moon and the Pleiades will then rise high in the eastern sky through the night.
Saturday:
Mars, for all practical purposes, has finished its evening appearance for the year, lost in the Sun’s glare to the west and southwest, although a pair binoculars can still help, scanning just above the horizon during a narrow window from 7:40 to 7:50 PM, possibly even catching a glimpse of the Spica below the red planet.